Off guard
Off guard adjective - Not prepared or vigilant.
Sudden
Sudden adjective - Not expected.
Off guard and sudden are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Off guard" instead an adverb "Sudden".
Nearby Words: suddenly, suddenness
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Vaike and Cordelia's S Support, in which he basically tells her to get over her attraction toward Chrom and marry him instead in such a blunt and sudden way that it catches her completely off guard.
Source: Funny / Fire Emblem Awakening -
The sudden metal music at the end of "Mario Dies at the End" catches them both off guard and brings slowbeef to hysterics.
Source: Web Video / Retsupurae - True, she was taken off guard, but still... Rainbow Dash and Ditzy Doo's deaths are also rather sudden and unexpected.
Source: Fan Fic / Night of the Shy
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Sudden and Off guard. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/off_guard/sudden
Off guard & Sudden. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/off_guard/sudden>.
Sudden or Off guard. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/off_guard/sudden.
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