EPOCHAL Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

epochal

adjective

Definition of epochal

as in momentous

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Recent Examples of epochal These are huge, epochal changes for older Americans that have happened in just the past 15 years. — Ken Stern, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026 In a city willing to displace a community garden or a newsstand to claw back a few extra feet, the Armory’s yawning, epochal emptiness seems like poking through your medicine cabinet and finding an alternate universe behind it. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026 The whip-smart, late-20th-century retelling of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is one of the most epochal teen rom-coms. — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026 Chinese thought leaders conceived of the strategy in epochal terms. — Alex Wang, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for epochal

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The Slovenian began arguably cycling’s most famous climb more than three minutes down on remnants of the breakaway but ascended it in a time of 35 minutes and 27 seconds — one of the most momentous performances the sport has witnessed.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Ronstadt’s career, too, was set to take more momentous turns.

— Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of momentous

Adjective

This call, the last time the founders would address their company, was an earthshaking moment for a workplace whose leaders inspired so much loyalty that several employees shared matching tattoos with Olguin.

— Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
It also should be said that the $85 million value of the missing parts matches the price to procure one F-35A fighter—obviously an important sum, but not an earthshaking loss.

— Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023

Definition of earthshaking

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But in the run-up to Cal Poly’s fateful 2024-25 season, their relationship quickly deteriorated into a power struggle.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
Scheffler, who played with DeChambeau in that fateful second round, was asked about it the following day, but decided against giving his opinion.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of fateful

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Digital advances also raise pressing questions about the ethics of outsourcing life-and-death decisions to machines.

— Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
The life-and-death rescue played out on a narrow suspension cable above shocked motorists, pedestrians and the gleaming water below the bridge.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026

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