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 The elevator moment is only one of the silent visual callbacks to Season 1 as a way to bid farewell to our favorite doomsday survival bunker underneath Colorado City (jury’s out on the one revealed underneath the Denver Airport). — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026 But there is no denying that the Padres’ 5-1 loss to the Diamondbacks at the end of deadline day provided a glimpse at their doomsday scenario. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for doomsday

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Noun

Sceye and SoftBank used an emergency alert system designed for large-scale disasters.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
The scale of the disaster has proved challenging for authorities, with morgues overwhelmed by a large number of unidentified remains.

— Andrew Jones, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of disaster

Noun

Those forecasts add hope for office workers after top AI leaders previously signaled a jobs apocalypse was imminent.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Why private credit may avoid a ‘crisis-apocalypse’ Blackstone’s scale attracts outsized scrutiny, and investors’ attempts to pull money from its private credit funds earlier this year made headline news.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of apocalypse

Noun

More than 1,000 people have been confirmed dead and thousands remain missing after the catastrophe, according to authorities in both countries.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
As the story moves breathlessly through the neighborhood’s streets and interiors, Kodeih, who also edited the feature, and cinematographer Tony Kopec zero in on a jumpy, kinetic tension between looming catastrophe and potential triumph.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of catastrophe

Noun

Collapse adds to debate over Kennedy Center renovations The collapse comes as the Kennedy Center board's plan to temporarily close the facility for a two-year renovation remains tied up in federal court.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
In total, more than 5,000 people are missing in Nepal following last week’s catastrophic floods, which were triggered by a glacier collapse.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of collapse

Noun

The accident was one of the Portuguese capital’s worst tragedies in recent memory and cast a shadow over the city’s ongoing tourism boom.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
These days, the existential challenges faced by newspapers across the country sound more like a Shakespearean tragedy than a comedy.

— Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 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

Young Pavi and her twin sister, Nisha, live in a world that no longer sees the Avatar as humanity’s savior after it was devastated by a calamity.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
The flooding in Nepal is yet another calamity for a country grimly accustomed to crisis and upheaval.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

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