Synonyms for astonishing
əˈstɒn ɪ ʃɪŋas·ton·ish·ing

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1. astonishing

   Synonyms:
   amazing, wondrous, surprising, wonderful, striking, marvelous

   Antonyms:
   foreseen, unamazed, common, astonished at nothing, ordinary, natural, usual, everyday, trite

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1. amazing, astonishingadjective

   surprising greatly

   "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks"

   Synonyms:
   amazing, stupefying, staggering, awesome, awful, astounding, awing, awe-inspiring

   Antonyms:
   unimpressive, unsurprising

2. astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefyingadjective

   so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

   "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"

   Synonyms:
   dumfounding, amazing, astounding, dumbfounding, staggering, stupefying

   Antonyms:
   unimpressive, unsurprising

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1. astonishingadjective

   Synonyms:
   amazing, astounding

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1. List of paraphrases for "astonishing":

   surprising, amazing, astounding, staggering, stunning, startling, striking, incredible, shocking, appalling, unbelievable, remarkable, extraordinary, impressive, perplexing, breathtaking, uncanny

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1. Greg Abbott:

   Lives are at stake as dangerous drugs like fentanyl pour into our communities at an astonishing rate, and we must act now to crack down on this proliferation of this deadly drug, from Tarrant County to Lubbock County, fentanyl is wreaking havoc in our communities and it is essential for parents, family members, schools, and more to get fully engaged to prevent future fentanyl deaths.

2. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   You're looking for the light, forgetting you have an astonishing light, inside you, which can enlighten the whole world.

3. Peter Hotez:

   That is really astonishing, i don't know what he was thinking to specifically target a constituent like that. I would have thought there's probably some House ethics rules that prevent you from doing that. It's kind of an abuse of power, in a way.

4. The Russian President:

   This new report that President Trump openly admitted to the Russians that he 'faced great pressure' from the FBI's criminal investigation that was 'taken off' when he fired Director Comey is astonishing -- and extremely troubling.

5. Woody Allen:

   I'm 80 and I can't believe it ! i'm so youthful, agile, nimble, spry, mentally alert that it's astonishing.