Surprising

a.

1.

Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger.

Adj.

1.

surprising - causing surprise or wonder or amazement; "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money" Antonyms: unsurprising - not causing surprise

abrupt, amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, confounding, electrifying, eye-opening, hasty, headlong, impetuous, impulsive, jarring, jolting, mind-boggling, miraculous, nerve-shattering, overwhelming, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, prodigious, quick, shocking, spectacular, speedy, staggering, startling, stunning, stupendous, sudden, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredicted, wondrous