surprise party

noun

: a secretly planned party for someone who is not told about it until he or she arrives

We threw him a surprise party.

Examples of surprise party in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gu then headed back to the U.S. for a friend’s surprise party before briefly flying to Paris for a nobility ball and returning to California to serve as graduation speaker for a K-8 girls’ school four days later. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026

Wendy from Canton, Ohio, recently celebrated her special day with friends and family, who threw her a surprise party, the Ohio Lottery said in a news release. —Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026

Miller turned 40 in August and celebrated with a surprise party at the Ned, a chic members-only club blocks from the White House. —Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026

The extremely unimpressed hostess leads them away from the restaurant and up to an adjoining hotel suite, which Tallulah somehow managed to land for a mini surprise party. —Caroline Framke, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for surprise party

• arty
• carty
• hearty
• parti
• astarte
• mccarty
• nonparty
• counterparty
• multiparty