Synonyms for revelation
ˌrɛv əˈleɪ ʃənrev·e·la·tion

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1. Revelationnoun

   Synonyms:
   Revelation to John, Revelation of St. John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Apocalypse of John

2. Revelationnoun

   The final book of the New Testament of the Bible.

   Synonyms:
   Revelation to John, Apocalypse of John, Apocalypse, Revelation of St. John the Divine, Book of Revelation

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1. revelation

   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:
   apocalypse, disclosure, manifestation

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

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1. revelation

   Synonyms:
   discovery, disclosure, divine communication, apocalypse

   Antonyms:
   concealing, veiling, shrouding, keeping back

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1. disclosure, revelation, revealingnoun

   the speech act of making something evident

   Synonyms:
   divine revelation, revealing, disclosure

2. revelationnoun

   an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

   Synonyms:
   divine revelation, revealing, disclosure

3. revelation, divine revelationnoun

   communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency

   Synonyms:
   divine revelation, revealing, disclosure

4. 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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   • Insight
   • Speech Act

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1. revelationnoun

   Synonyms:
   discovery, disclosure

2. revelationnoun

   Synonyms:
   divine communication of truth

3. revelationnoun

   Synonyms:
   the apocalypse

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1. revelationnoun

   Synonyms:
   disclosure, divulgement, exposition, apocalypse

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1. List of paraphrases for "revelation":

   epiphany, apocalypse, disclosure, eye-opener

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1. Ron Johnson:

   Instead of trying to improve communications, Ron Johnson said, it appears ICE and its parent agency, DHS, are trying to root out Ron Johnson source. Ron Johnson believes the whistleblowers could face retribution for the revelation. The federal government has a very poor record of retaliation, we’ve held numerous hearings about this. It is really quite shocking how often the federal government retaliates. But I certainly will not stand for it, and I certainly don’t think this committee will stand for any retribution against those who had the courage to come forward to reveal this incident. Federal law expressly protects federal employees who provide information to Congress. In the Dec. 3 incident, USCIS agents were investigating Marquez for marriage fraud, stemming from his 2014 union with Mariya Chernykh, a Russian national married to Farook’s brother. Rodriguez told Johnson’s committee that it was a mistake for his agency’s San Bernardino office to refuse entry to ICE investigators.

2. Timothy Beal:

   I had one student who was reading Revelation outside on the waterfront and she fell asleep and woke up in the middle of a thunderstorm. She had an absolute panic attack because she felt like she was in the book.

3. Scott Bolton:

   Since its first orbit in 2016, Juno has delivered one revelation after another about the inner workings of this massive gas giant.

4. Will Smith:

   It was personal for me from day one, when I sat down with Dr Omalu and ... he said to me, when he was a boy growing up in Nigeria all he ever wanted to be was an American, the thing that was a revelation for me with this is that is not really the big hits that are the problem, it's definitely an issue, but more the issue is the repetitive head trauma.

5. Harold Rosenberg:

   The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.