abrupt

The word “abrupt” has 2 syllables: a-brupt

It's pronounced as /əˈbrʌpt/


What is synonym and antonym for abrupt?

In the thesaurus, “abrupt” has 98 synonyms and 52 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abrupt along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abrupt

  • angled
  • artless
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • bold
  • brief
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • candid
  • canted
  • closemouthed
  • coarse
  • cocked
  • craggy
  • crass
  • crude
  • crusty
  • curt
  • direct
  • discourteous
  • disrespectful
  • downright
  • earnest
  • forthright
  • foursquare
  • frank
  • free-spoken
  • gruff
  • hasty
  • heeled
  • hillocky
  • hilly
  • honest
  • hurried
  • impertinent
  • impetuous
  • impolite
  • improbable
  • inclined
  • inconsiderate
  • insensitive
  • jerky
  • laconic
  • listed
  • low
  • matter-of-fact
  • mountainous
  • open
  • outspoken
  • perpendicular
  • plain
  • plainspoken
  • plumb
  • point-blank
  • precipitate
  • precipitous
  • quick
  • reserved
  • reticent
  • rough
  • rude
  • rushing
  • scarped
  • sheer
  • short
  • short-spoken
  • sincere
  • slanted
  • sloped
  • snappish
  • snappy
  • snippy
  • startling
  • steep
  • straight
  • straight-out
  • straightforward
  • sudden
  • surprising
  • tactless
  • terse
  • tight-lipped
  • tilted
  • tipped
  • unanticipated
  • unceremonious
  • uncivil
  • uncouth
  • undiplomatic
  • unexpected
  • unforeseen
  • ungracious
  • unintended
  • unlikely
  • unlooked-for
  • unplanned
  • vertical
  • vulgar

Antonyms for abrupt

  • anticipated
  • at ease
  • calm
  • circuitous
  • civil
  • considerate
  • courteous
  • courtly
  • cultivated
  • deliberate
  • diplomatic
  • easy
  • even
  • expansive
  • expected
  • flat
  • flush
  • foreseen
  • gallant
  • genteel
  • gentle
  • gracious
  • gradual
  • horizontal
  • kind
  • lazy
  • leisurely
  • level
  • long-winded
  • loquacious
  • mealymouthed
  • moderate
  • nice
  • plane
  • polished
  • polite
  • politic
  • predicted
  • prolix
  • prophesied
  • refined
  • slow
  • smooth
  • soft
  • suave
  • tactful
  • talkative
  • unruffled
  • unsurprising
  • unwrinkled
  • verbose
  • voluble

Meanings of abrupt

  • noun
    1. Something which is abrupt; an abyss.
  • verb
    1. To tear off or asunder.
    2. To interrupt suddenly.
  • adjective
    1. Broken away (from restraint).
    2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
    3. Curt in manner.
    4. Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
    5. Broken off.
    6. Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
    7. Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.

Example Sentences

  • The storm brought an abrupt end to our picnic.
  • His abrupt departure left everyone puzzled.
  • The teacher's abrupt change in lesson plans surprised the students.
  • The road takes an abrupt turn just ahead, so be careful when driving.
  • We were startled by the abrupt loud noise from the construction site.

On this page you'll find 150 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abrupt, such as: angled, anticipated, artless, at ease, bluff, blunt, bold.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

unanticipated

  • a bit previous
  • abortive
  • abrupt
  • accidental
  • amazing
  • astonishing
  • breakneck
  • brief
  • casual
  • chance
  • controlled by
  • dependent
  • early on
  • electrifying
  • embryonic
  • extraordinary
  • eye-opening
  • fluky
  • fortuitous
  • forward
  • frantic
  • from left field
  • gone off half-cocked
  • green
  • haphazard
  • harum-scarum
  • hasty
  • headlong
  • heedless
  • hurried
  • ill-advised
  • immature
  • impatient
  • impetuous
  • improbable
  • impulsive
  • incidental
  • incomplete
  • inconceivable
  • indiscreet
  • inopportune
  • instantaneous
  • jerky
  • jump the gun
  • likely
  • madcap
  • not bargained for
  • not in the cards
  • not predicted
  • odd
  • off the hip
  • off the top of head
  • out of the blue
  • overearly
  • oversoon
  • payback
  • plunging
  • precipitant
  • precipitate
  • precipitous
  • predeveloped
  • previous
  • probable
  • probably
  • prodigious
  • quick
  • random
  • rapid
  • rash
  • raw
  • reckless
  • refractory
  • remarkable
  • rushing
  • shocking
  • soon
  • staggering
  • startling
  • stunning
  • subitaneous
  • subject to
  • sudden
  • surprise
  • surprising
  • swift
  • unannounced
  • uncalculated
  • unceremonious
  • uncertain
  • uncontrolled
  • undeveloped
  • undisclosed
  • undreamt-of
  • unexpected
  • unfledged
  • unforeseeable
  • unforeseen
  • unheralded
  • unimagined
  • unintended
  • unlikely
  • unlooked-for
  • unplanned
  • unpredictable
  • unpredicted
  • unprepared for
  • unpublished
  • unripe
  • untimely
  • violent
  • willful
  • withheld
  • without warning
  • wonderful

tactlessness

  • abruptness
  • acrimony
  • amateurishness
  • artlessness
  • asperity
  • audaciousness
  • audacity
  • back talk
  • backchat
  • bad manners
  • barbarity
  • bluffness
  • bluntness
  • boldness
  • boorishness
  • brass
  • brazenness
  • brusqueness
  • bumble
  • cheek
  • cloddishness
  • coarseness
  • comeback
  • crassness
  • crossness
  • crudeness
  • crudity
  • curtness
  • cuteness
  • discourtesy
  • disdain
  • disrespect
  • dropping the ball
  • dumb move
  • effrontery
  • error
  • excitability
  • faux pas
  • folly
  • fool mistake
  • foolishness
  • foul-up
  • gaffe
  • gaucherie
  • gawkiness
  • goof
  • goof-up
  • gracelessness
  • greenness
  • grossness
  • gruffness
  • guff
  • harshness
  • hastiness
  • ignorance
  • impertinence
  • impoliteness
  • imprudence
  • impudence
  • inability
  • incivility
  • incompetence
  • indiscreetness
  • ineptitude
  • ineptness
  • inexpertness
  • ingenuousness
  • insolence
  • intrusiveness
  • irritability
  • lapse
  • maladroitness
  • misbehavior
  • miscue
  • misjudgment
  • misspeak
  • mouth
  • nerve
  • nonsense
  • oafishness
  • officiousness
  • rashness
  • recklessness
  • rejoinder
  • retort
  • riposte
  • rudeness
  • sass
  • sauce
  • screwup
  • shamelessness
  • sharpness
  • slip
  • slip of the tongue
  • slipup
  • stumble
  • stupidity
  • surliness
  • thoughtlessness
  • uncoordination
  • uncouthness
  • ungainliness
  • ungraciousness
  • unkindness
  • unmannerliness
  • unseemliness
  • unskillfulness
  • vulgarity
  • wisecrack

barbed

  • abrupt
  • acerb
  • acerbic
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acidulous
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • backhanded
  • biting
  • bitter
  • blunt
  • brisk
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • caustic
  • concise
  • corrosive
  • crisp
  • cross
  • curt
  • cutting
  • cynical
  • dry
  • facetious
  • flippant
  • gruff
  • harsh
  • hurtful
  • incisive
  • insincere
  • ironic
  • ironical
  • keen
  • mordant
  • piercing
  • pithy
  • poignant
  • pointed
  • pungent
  • resentful
  • rough
  • sarcastic
  • sardonic
  • satiric
  • satirical
  • scalding
  • scathing
  • severe
  • sharp
  • sharp-tongued
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • smart-mouthed
  • snarky
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sour
  • sourish
  • spiked
  • spikey
  • spiky
  • stinging
  • stringent
  • succinct
  • tart
  • tartish
  • terse
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • trenchant
  • vitriolic
  • wounding
  • wry

unadvised

caddish

  • abrupt
  • antisocial
  • arch
  • arrogant
  • audacious
  • blunt
  • bold
  • bold-faced
  • boorish
  • brash
  • brassy
  • brazen
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • bumptious
  • cheeky
  • churlish
  • clownish
  • conceited
  • crabbed
  • cross
  • crusty
  • curt
  • disagreeable
  • discourteous
  • disrespectful
  • fresh
  • gruff
  • grumpy
  • haughty
  • high-handed
  • ill-bred
  • ill-mannered
  • imperious
  • impertinent
  • impolite
  • improper
  • impudent
  • inconsiderate
  • incorrect
  • indecent
  • indecorous
  • insolent
  • lippy
  • loutish
  • peremptory
  • pompous
  • presumptuous
  • pretentious
  • rude
  • sassy
  • saucy
  • shameless
  • sharp
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sullen
  • supercilious
  • superior
  • surly
  • thoughtless
  • uncalled-for
  • uncivil
  • uncouth
  • ungracious
  • unhandsome
  • unmannered
  • unmannerly
  • unseemly
  • vulgar

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