DOOMSDAY Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

doomsday

noun

Definition of doomsday

as in disaster

the day the world ends or is destroyed a warning that doomsday is near doomsday predictions

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Recent Examples of doomsday This is not necessarily a doomsday scenario, said John Thickstun in The Guardian. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 2 Aug. 2026 And sure, six to eight weeks of emergency supplies might sound a little alarmist — maybe borderline doomsday prep-y. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026 Maybe migration will continue, in that future, with an assist from something like a butterfly doomsday vault. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 The danger is that any account of doomsday that feels credible can also feel domesticated. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for doomsday

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Noun

The club was rebuilding after the 1958 Munich air disaster but won a first post-Munich trophy, the FA Cup, earlier that year.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
In nearby Anderson in Madison County, Indiana, the mayor declared a local disaster emergency and issued evacuation orders Thursday along the swelling White River and other waterways.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of disaster

Noun

Worried about the dog in the sci-fi apocalypse thriller The End of Oak Street?

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
But now, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back against the predictions of a job apocalypse once made by his fellow tech CEOs, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of apocalypse

Noun

Massive crude stockpiles before the war helped prevent catastrophe when supply dried up.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
As the summer of 2001 wears on through the lens of Kopple’s camera, our knowledge of the coming catastrophe casts a shadow over the proceedings.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of catastrophe

Noun

Charted out, the twin collapses of the income and inheritance taxes look like a roller coaster careening downhill, picking up speed toward and through the twenty-first century.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Cameron Brink injured in Sparks’ loss Sabrina Ionescu scored 20 points and the New York Liberty avoided one of the biggest collapses in WNBA history, holding off the Sparks 85-81 on Thursday night.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of collapse

Noun

Officials say Monday's tragedy is far from an isolated incident and are urging the public to slow down and pay attention.

— Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Through rapid-fire verbal repartee, constant close-ups, and frantic cuts, Deramas treads a careful line between tragedy and comedy, the latter a psychological weapon against the former.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of tragedy

Noun

The crime thriller has Gray having helmed a semi-fictionalized return to his family life in mid-1980s Queens and is also a companion piece to his 2022 film Armageddon Time.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
Good Omens is the story of an angel, Aziraphale (Sheen), and a demon, Crowley (Tennant), who gradually become friends over the millennia and team up to avert Armageddon.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026

Definition of Armageddon

Noun

The latest findings indicated the vest could reduce an astronaut’s radiation dose by about 60% in a solar storm as fierce as the one in 1972 and by nearly 40% in a calamity mirroring 1989.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
What followed was a season of extended power outages, blue-tarped roofs and yet a strange sense of community, as neighbors went out of their way to look after those that had shared in their calamity.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

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