To save this word, you’ll need to log in. How does the verb surprise surprise your boyfriend on valentine’s day with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of surprise are amaze, astonish, astound, and flabbergast. While all these words mean “to impress forcibly through unexpectedness,” surprise stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarily unusual or novel. Where would amaze be a reasonable alternative to surprise? When is it sensible to use astonish instead of surprise? While the synonyms astonish and surprise are close in meaning, astonish implies surprising so greatly as to seem incredible.