SUDDEN Synonyms

• marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

• exceedingly sudden and unexpected

• dangerously steep

• surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner

• characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

• marked by violent force

• marked by speed and efficiency

• excessively quick

• done with very great haste and without due deliberation

• moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste

• having no intervening medium

• of the present time and place

• very close or connected in space or time

• immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect

• performed with little or no delay

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

• a particular point in time

• occurring with no delay

• in or of the present month

• demanding attention

• occurring with no delay

• abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

• the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

• during or for the length of one night

• happening in a short time or with great speed

• lasting, open, or operating through the whole night

• a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

• done with very great haste and without due deliberation

• bring about abruptly

• separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

• fall from clouds

• fall vertically, sharply, or headlong

• hurl or throw violently

• a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

• (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

• according to schedule or without delay; on time

• ready and willing or quick to act

• performed with little or no delay

• give an incentive for action

• serve as the inciting cause of

• assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

• any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

• with little or no delay

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• hurried and brief

• moving quickly and lightly

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• performed with little or no delay

• easily aroused or excited

• a part of a river where the current is very fast

• done or occurring in a brief period of time

• characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed

• so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm

• a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

• United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)

• common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

• an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)

• moving very fast

• not anticipated

• not expected or anticipated

• not anticipated

• quickly aroused to anger

• characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation