Synonyms of the word

astonish

• v. To surprise, astound, flabbergast.

amaze

• v. (obsolete) To stupefy; to knock unconscious.
• v. (obsolete) To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
• v. (obsolete) To terrify, to fill with panic.
• v. To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex.
• v. (intransitive) To undergo amazement; to be astounded.
• n. (now poetic) Amazement, astonishment.

astound

• v. To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
• adj. (obsolete) Stunned; astounded; astonished.

surprise

• n. Something not expected.
• n. (attributive) Unexpected.
• n. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
• n. (obsolete) A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
• v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
• v. (transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
• v. (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
• v. (intransitive) To cause surprise.
• v. (transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
• v. (transitive) To take unawares.