Another word for catastrophe | Synonyms for catastrophe

Another word for catastrophe

catastrophe Synonyms

catastrophe

n.

disaster, calamity, mishap, mischance, misadventure, failure, fiasco, misery, accident, trouble, casualty, misfortune, infliction, affliction, contretemps, stroke, havoc, ravage, wreck, fatality, grief, crash, devastation, desolation, avalanche, hardship, blow, visitation, ruin, reverse, emergency, scourge, cataclysm, convulsion, debacle, tragedy, adversity, bad luck, upheaval, down*; see also disaster, misfortune 1, 2.

Antonyms benefit, triumph, good luck. See syn. study at disaster.disaster.

Search Thesaurus

WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"catastrophe." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 February 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/CATASTROPHE>.

APA Style

catastrophe. (n.d.). Retrieved February 05th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/CATASTROPHE

Another word for catastrophe

noun

An occurrence inflicting widespread destruction and distress:

calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy. See help

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"catastrophe." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 February 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/CATASTROPHE>.

APA Style

catastrophe. (n.d.). Retrieved February 05th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/CATASTROPHE

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

Things may drag on perhaps till July, but then a catastrophe must come."
The consequences of this catastrophe were felt far and wide, and in the spring of 1891 both the Banco Nacional and the Banco de la provincia de Buenos Aires were unable to meet their obligations.
The catastrophe has been explained as a volcanic eruption, or an explosive outburst of gas and oil stored and accumulating at high pressure.
The 32-year-old detective with bright red crew cut and opened-collar sports shirt looked as if nothing short of a catastrophe would cause him a lick of concern.
The catastrophe was the greatest of its kind that has ever occurred in any country; the number of persons killed was approximately 150,000, while the injured were beyond calculation.

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR catastrophe IN THE THESAURUS