Synonyms of apocalypses

apocalypses

noun

plural of apocalypse

as in disasters

a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction

the fear that the next global pandemic could be an apocalypse of biblical proportions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disasters
• catastrophes
• tragedies
• calamities
• accidents
• cataclysms
• collapses
• debacles
• crashes
• fatalities
• upheavals
• end-times
• casualties
• bloodbaths
• doomsdays
• Armageddons
• convulsions
• meltdowns
• misfortunes
• misadventures
• blows
• mishaps
• paroxysms
• mischances
• double whammies
• blasts
• one-twos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• windfalls
• godsends
• mannas

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apocalypses

Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the surrealist musical follows one nuclear family across thousands of years and three apocalypses. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025

And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes. — JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025

The audience for 2025’s reel of zombie apocalypses lives in a world shaped, in part, by Americans’ refusal to accept an aging Joe Biden’s ineligibility for President. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025