Synonyms for apocalypse
əˈpɒk ə lɪpsapoc·a·lypse

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1. apocalypsenoun

   Synonyms:
   judgement day, Ragnarok, armageddon, Final Judgment, doomsday, end times, nuclear holocaust

2. apocalypsenoun

   A revelation.

   Apocalypses of Adam and Abraham (Epiphanius) and of Elias (Jerome) are also mentioned.

   Synonyms:
   Final Judgment, armageddon, end times, Ragnarok, judgement day, nuclear holocaust, doomsday

3. apocalypsenoun

   The events prophesied in the Revelation of John; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.

   Synonyms:
   nuclear holocaust, end times, Final Judgment, judgement day, armageddon, doomsday, Ragnarok

4. apocalypsenoun

   A disaster; a cataclysmic event.

   Synonyms:
   armageddon, doomsday, judgement day, end times, Final Judgment, nuclear holocaust, Ragnarok

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1. apocalypse

   Revelation (Latin re, back, and velum, veil), literally an unveiling, is the act or process of making known what was before secret or hidden, or what may still be future. Apocalypse (Greek apo, from, and kalypto, cover), literally an uncovering, comes into English as the name of the closing book of the Bible. The Apocalypse unveils the future, as if to the very gaze of the seer; the whole gospel is a disclosure of the mercy of God; the character of Christ is a manifestation of the divine holiness and love; all Scripture is a revelation of the divine will. Or we might say that nature is a manifestation of the divine character and will, of which Scripture is the fuller and more express revelation.

   Synonyms:
   disclosure, manifestation, revelation

   Antonyms:
   cloud, cloudiness, concealment, hiding, mystery, obscuration, shrouding, veiling

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. apocalypse

   Synonyms:
   revelation, manifestation, unveiling, exhibition, divestment, exposure, disclosure

   Antonyms:
   concealment, suppression, obscuration, veiling, shrouding, eclipse, envelopment

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1. apocalypsenoun

   a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil

2. Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelationnoun

   the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle

   Synonyms:
   divine revelation, revealing, disclosure

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. apocalypsenoun

   Synonyms:
   revelation, prophecy of st. John

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1. List of paraphrases for "apocalypse":

   revelation, armageddon, revelations, doom, grip

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1. Roman Coppola:

   Maybe 40 years ago people might not have appreciated a film like 'Apocalypse Now,' which was kind of unusual to say the least, if you're looking as an artist for some type of assurance that what you are doing is OK or going in the right direction then I think you have to wait for the judgment of time before you know.

2. Jennifer Lawrence:

   I think there are so many characters in the X-Men universe that we could go and explore before we have to go and mash up with those guys, x-Men: Apocalypse.

3. Bachar Ghattas:

   You can see injured people all over the streets in Beirut, glass all over the place, cars are damaged, it is like an apocalypse, it is very, very frightening what is happening right now, and people are freaking out. The emergency services are overwhelmed.

4. Ernest Renan:

   Let us pardon him his hope of a vain apocalypse, and of a second coming in great triumph upon the clouds of heaven. Perhaps these were the errors of others rather than his own; and if it be true that he himself shared the general illusion, what matters it, since his dream rendered him strong against death, and sustained him in a struggle to which he might otherwise have been unequal?

5. Amany Qaddour:

   We talk about the ability to stay home and be on lockdown, and we see people rushing to stores right now. That is not something you have in Syria -- you are not able to prepare for what appears to be an apocalypse and go get a month's worth of food, you're displaced, you are out in the open in a tent that might not even have a door and you can not protect yourself from these threats... [ including ] the major threat of infectious disease.