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. Barry Mano:

   But violating our personal space is just simply not acceptable. What we saw in this video is just so beyond the pale it’s astonishing when you see it. Everybody in our industry saw that video and said, ‘ Okay, that’s enough. ’ There’s no way anything like this does n’t have a commensurate consequence. with this one, because the video is there for the world to see, that’s why we’re experiencing this cry for some sort of resolution.

2. Will Lautzenheiser:

   To have come here and to have received this gift is really astonishing to me, and it's obviously life-changing.

3. Mayur Karmarkar:

   The current developments in China in solar and wind are the highest in the world. Since it's policy driven, the plans made by government are generally achieved or exceeded year-on-year, the numbers are astonishing.

4. Justin Welby:

   The scale of waste in this country is astonishing. As a nation we discard about 15 million tons of food a year, at least four million thrown out by households.

5. Bertrand Russell:

   We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.