Synonyms of stunner
Examples of stunner in a Sentence
His wife is a real stunner.
The jury's decision was a stunner.
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About a month earlier, an unshaven Bonsack showed up tableside in a trucker cap to sauce my dry-aged Rohan duck, a $155 stunner of a special that sells out in the first 20-30 minutes every single night.
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2026
While the sets, lighting, costume changes and visual effects are stunners, the music by composer and arranger Imogen Heap is shockingly generic, like the copyright-free soundtrack of a YouTube ad, blandly calibrated and recalling nothing of John Williams’ iconic themes for the films.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Say hello to the Audi Nuvolari, a titanium-colored stunner that puts Audi solidly back on the supercar map—and then some.
—Jerry Perez, The Drive, 4 June 2026
Game 1 was a Homeric epic — a double-overtime stunner imprinted with Wembanyama’s game-tying 28-footer.
—Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2026
While the sets, lighting, costume changes and visual effects are stunners, the music by composer and arranger Imogen Heap is shockingly generic, like the copyright-free soundtrack of a YouTube ad, blandly calibrated and recalling nothing of John Williams’ iconic themes for the films.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Say hello to the Audi Nuvolari, a titanium-colored stunner that puts Audi solidly back on the supercar map—and then some.
—Jerry Perez, The Drive, 4 June 2026
Game 1 was a Homeric epic — a double-overtime stunner imprinted with Wembanyama’s game-tying 28-footer.
—Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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“Stunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stunner. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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stunner
noun
stun·ner
ˈstən-ər 
: one that stuns or is stunning
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