astounding

1. 1.

   bewildering or striking dumb with wonder

   Synonymsdumbfoundingdumfounding

   Similarincredible
2. 2.

   so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

   “such an enormous response was astonishing”

   “an astounding achievement”

   “the amount of money required was staggering”

   “suffered a staggering defeat”

   “the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying”

   Synonymsastonishingstaggeringstupefying

   Similarimpressive

Questions about astounding

What does astounding mean?

astounding means "bewildering or striking dumb with wonder". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in astounding?

astounding has 3 syllables: a-stoun-ding. The stress falls on "stoun". In IPA it is /əˈstaʊndɪŋ/.

What is another word for astounding?

Close synonyms include dumbfounding, dumfounding, astonishing, staggering, stupefying. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is astounding a common word?

astounding is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.