Thesaurus:disaster

Thesaurus

disaster

English

Noun

Sense: a natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent

Synonyms

• disaster
• catastrophe
• calamity
• adversity
• apocalypse
• qualm

Hyponyms

• doomsday event
• natural disaster
• avalanche
• rockslide
• mudslide
• earthquake
• seaquake
• flood
• tidal wave
• tsunami
• eruption
• cataclysm
• blizzard
• drought
• hailstorm
• tornado
• epidemic
• famine

Hypernyms

• occurrence    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• misfortune
• accident    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dumpster fire (idiomatic)
• mishap
• misadventure
• mischance (archaic)
• tire fire (idiomatic)

See also

• Thesaurus:disastrous
• Thesaurus:disastrously

Further reading

• “735. adversity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “disaster” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.