Synonyms for Caught off guard:

• adj.

  • unprepared
  • ADLIB
  ,
  • ad lib
  ,
  • not prepared
  ,
  • off the top of one's head
  ,
  • off top of head
  ,
  • unready
  ,
  • ad-lib
  ,
  • ill-considered
  ,
  • impromptu
  ,
  • improvised
  ,
  • napping
  ,
  • off the cuff
  ,
  • off the top of head
  ,
  • offhand
  ,
  • played by ear
  ,
  • spontaneous
  ,
  • surprised
  ,
  • taken off guard
  ,
  • unaware
  ,
  • unexpected
  ,
  • unplanned
  ,
  • unrehearsed
  ,
  • unschooled
  ,
  • unskilled
  ,
  • untrained
  ,
  • vulnerable
  ,
  • winged
  .

• v.

  • surprise
  • catch in the act
  ,
  • catch off-balance
  ,
  • catch off-guard
  ,
  • catch red-handed
  ,
  • catch unawares
  ,
  • come down on
  ,
  • drop in on
  ,
  • lay for
  ,
  • lie in wait
  ,
  • nab
  ,
  • seize
  ,
  • spring on
  ,
  • startle
  ,
  • take
  ,
  • take by surprise
  ,
  • waylay
  .

• Other relevant words:

• accept
,
• acquire
,
• ad libitum
,
• admit
,
• adopt
,
• aim
,
• amateur
,
• amateurish
,
• ambuscade
,
• appreciation
,
• apprehend
,
• appropriate
,
• arrest
,
• arrogate
,
• ask
,
• assume
,
• attach
,
• attain
,
• becharm
,
• beguile
,
• bewitch
,
• break
,
• bring
,
• bring out
,
• burst upon
,
• call for
,
• captivate
,
• carry
,
• catch
,
• chance on
,
• chance upon
,
• charm
,
• charter
,
• choose
,
• claim
,
• clasp
,
• clench
,
• clutch
,
• clutches
,
• collar
,
• come across
,
• come upon
,
• compass
,
• comprehend
,
• conduct
,
• confiscate
,
• conquer
,
• consider
,
• consume
,
• contain
,
• contract
,
• convey
,
• cop
,
• deal
,
• demand
,
• describe
,
• detect
,
• dig
,
• direct
,
• disclose
,
• distinguish
,
• divulge
,
• drive
,
• enamor
,
• enamour
,
• enchant
,
• engage
,
• entrance
,
• exact
,
• expose
,
• extemporaneous
,
• extemporary
,
• extempore
,
• extemporise
,
• extemporize
,
• fall upon
,
• fascinate
,
• fill
,
• film
,
• find
,
• find out
,
• gaining control
,
• galvanise
,
• galvanize
,
• get
,
• get a line
,
• get hold of
,
• get the picture
,
• get wind
,
• get word
,
• give away
,
• grip
,
• guide
,
• happen upon
,
• have
,
• hear
,
• hire
,
• hold
,
• hold on
,
• identify
,
• ill-judged
,
• impound
,
• improvident
,
• improvise
,
• improvize
,
• incognizant
,
• incompetent
,
• inexpert
,
• ingest
,
• interpreted
,
• involve
,
• issue
,
• jump
,
• jury-rigged
,
• key
,
• key out
,
• lead
,
• learn
,
• lease
,
• let on
,
• let out
,
• light upon
,
• look at
,
• lurk
,
• lying in wait
,
• make
,
• makeshift
,
• nail
,
• name
,
• necessitate
,
• need
,
• notice
,
• observe
,
• occupy
,
• off guard
,
• off her guard
,
• off his guard
,
• off one's guard
,
• off your guard
,
• off-guard
,
• off-the-cuff
,
• offhanded
,
• offhandedly
,
• pack
,
• payoff
,
• pick out
,
• pick up
,
• postulate
,
• prehend
,
• proceeds
,
• range
,
• reach
,
• read
,
• remove
,
• rent
,
• require
,
• return
,
• reveal
,
• savvy
,
• scupper
,
• see
,
• seizure
,
• select
,
• self-generated
,
• sequester
,
• shoot
,
• shortsighted
,
• snaffle
,
• snap
,
• snap up
,
• snatch
,
• spontaneously
,
• start
,
• still-hunt
,
• strike
,
• study
,
• submit
,
• subscribe
,
• subscribe to
,
• take aim
,
• take away
,
• take hold of
,
• take in
,
• take on
,
• take over
,
• take up
,
• takings
,
• train
,
• trance
,
• trap
,
• uncover
,
• unintentional
,
• untaught
,
• untutored
,
• unwitting
,
• unwrap
,
• unwritten
,
• use up
,
• usurp
,
• withdraw
,
• yield
,
• unprepared
.
• startled
• taken
.
• surprise
• ambush
,
• burst in on
,
• bushwhack
,
• capture
,
• discover
,
• grab
,
• grasp
.

What are the hypernyms for Caught off guard?

• Other hypernyms:

  astonished, startled, surprised, taken aback, taken by surprise.