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SURPRISING Antonyms

There are 11 antonyms of the word surprising. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For SURPRISING

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anticipated
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• expected hopefully

common
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

• having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

noun

• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

adjective satellite

• common to or shared by two or more parties

• commonly encountered

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

• of or associated with the great masses of people

• of low or inferior quality or value

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• to be expected; standard

conventional
adjectiveadj
adjective

• following accepted customs and proprieties

• (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy

• unimaginative and conformist

adjective satellite

• conforming with accepted standards

• represented in simplified or symbolic form

• in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past

• rigidly formal or bound by convention

expected
adjectiveadj
adjective

• considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

foreseeable
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• capable of being anticipated

normal
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal

• in accordance with scientific laws

• being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development

noun

• something regarded as a normative example

adjective satellite

• forming a right angle

ordinary
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

noun

• a judge of a probate court

• the expected or commonplace condition or situation

• a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

• an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

• (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

adjective satellite

• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

predictable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• capable of being foretold

routine
nounn
noun

• an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

• a short performance that is part of a longer program

• a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

adjective satellite

• found in the ordinary course of events

typical
adjectiveadj
adjective

• exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category

adjective satellite

• of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

• conforming to a type

usual
adjectiveadj
adjective

• occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

adjective satellite

• commonly encountered

Alternatives for ANTICIPATED

Alternatives for COMMON

Alternatives for CONVENTIONAL

Alternatives for EXPECTED

Alternatives for FORESEEABLE

Alternatives for NORMAL

Alternatives for ORDINARY

Alternatives for PREDICTABLE

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