Words and phrases that have a meaning related to unexpected: (182 results)
Antonyms:
expected
Often used in the same context:
unforeseen, unanticipated, unpredicted, unusual, surprising, abrupt, unplanned, unwelcome, extraordinary, inexplicable, unforeseeable, unintended, sudden, dramatic, startling, unsuspected, serendipitous, unsettling, unlooked, unpredictable, untimely, unprecedented, unpleasant, fortuitous, uncharacteristic, improbable, unexplainable, atypical, undesired, astonishing, shocking, embarrassing, astounding, strange, unavoidable, unscheduled, bizarre, odd, unexplained, inevitable, unsurprising, unordinary, bewildering, predictable, jarring, stunning, unnerving, untoward, perplexing, miraculous, unfathomable, momentary, puzzling, incredible, unlikely, unheralded, unimaginable, momentous, impending, earthshaking, impromptu, anticipated, intriguing, unrelated, providential, overwhelming, notable, offbeat, baffling, inauspicious, noteworthy, mysterious, remarkable, ominous, worrisome, unpremeditated, huge, enormous, inadvertent, unfortunate, amazing, inopportune, peculiar, unorthodox, unaccustomed, unintentional, unconventional, accidental, unfathomed, disappointing, implausible, hefty, epochal, significant, disconcerting, ungraceful, apparent, monumental, unprepared, unrepeatable, oddball, unfamiliar, unforseen, unlookedfor, expectable, foreseeable, opportune, disturbing, likely
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., abrupt, aftereffect, attack, backfire, backlash, blizzard, booby trap, break, by-product, byproduct, cot death, crib death, disjunct, encounter, even, extrusion, failure, fairy godmother, flashback, forced, fortunate, galvanization, good luck, gracious, happy chance, infant death, inquest, isolated, jumping, meeting, overturn, peripeteia, peripetia, peripety, pitfall, potluck, precipitation, rash, serendipitous, serendipity, sideslip, sids, sinking, skid, sleeper, slip, startle reaction, startle response, strange, stunner, success, sucker punch, sudden infant death syndrome, supervene, surprise, surprisingness, switcheroo, unexpectedness, unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of, unusual, upset, upseta, upsetter, vagary
Synonyms:
Also try:out of the blue, unannounced, unlooked-for, unprovided for
— Nouns for unexpected: results, death, events, places, turn, ways, result, event, quarter, way, changes, more...
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