APOCALYPTIC: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for APOCALYPTIC?

Need another word that means the same as “apocalyptic”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “apocalyptic” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Apocalyptic” are: apocalyptical, revelatory, prophetic, predictive, visionary, catastrophic, momentous

Apocalyptic as an Adjective

Definitions of "Apocalyptic" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “apocalyptic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world.
• Of or relating to an apocalypse.
• Of or resembling the biblical Apocalypse.
• Momentous or catastrophic.
• Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom.

Synonyms of "Apocalyptic" as an adjective (7 Words)

apocalyptical	Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom.
catastrophic	Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin. The body undergoes catastrophic collapse towards the state of a black hole.
momentous	Of great importance or significance, especially in having a bearing on future events. A momentous decision.
predictive	Of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions. Predictive typing allows you to type faster.
prophetic	Relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. His warnings proved prophetic.
revelatory	Pointing out or revealing clearly. A revelatory experience.
visionary	Not practical or realizable; speculative. Visionary schemes for getting rich.

Usage Examples of "Apocalyptic" as an adjective

• The struggle between the two countries is assuming apocalyptic proportions.
• The apocalyptic visions of ecologists.
• Apocalyptic imagery.

Associations of "Apocalyptic" (30 Words)

anticipatory	(of a breach of contract) taking the form of an announcement or indication that a contract will not be honoured. An anticipatory flash of excitement.
assume	Begin to have (a specified quality, appearance, or extent. She assumed strange manners.
astrology	A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon.
augur	(of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome. The end of the cold war seemed to augur well.
clairvoyant	A person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact. He didn t tell me about it and I m not clairvoyant.
discerning	Quick to understand- Nathaniel Hawthorne. A discerning eye for color.
dystopia	A work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror.
farsighted	Planning prudently for the future. Large goals that required farsighted policies.
forecast	Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. Rain is forecast for Scotland.
foresee	Be aware of beforehand; predict. We did not foresee any difficulties.
foreshadow	Be a warning or indication of (a future event. Other new measures are foreshadowed in the White Paper.
foretell	Make a prediction about; tell in advance. A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne.
guess	An estimate or conclusion formed by guessing. We can only guess at Alan s motives.
insight	The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something. The town offers some insight into Finnish rural life.
millenarian	A person who believes in millenarianism. Millenarian Marxists.
oracle	A response or message given by an oracle especially an ambiguous one. He reigned supreme as the Colonial Office s oracle on Africa.
predict	Make a prediction about tell in advance. He predicts that the trend will continue.
prediction	The action of predicting something. The prediction of future behaviour.
predictive	Of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions. Predictive typing allows you to type faster.
prefigure	Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. It wasn t as bad as I had prefigured.
presage	Indicate by signs. The fever was a sombre presage of his final illness.
presentiment	An intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding. The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case.
prognosticate	Make a prediction about; tell in advance. The economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon.
prognostication	The action of prophesying future events. An unprecedented amount of soul searching and prognostication.
prophesy	Say that (a specified thing) will happen in the future. Jacques was prophesying a bumper harvest.
prophet	In Jewish use one of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Bible distinguished from the Law and the Hagiographa and comprising the books of Joshua Judges Samuel Kings Jeremiah Ezekiel Isaiah and the twelve minor prophets. The prime minister ignored the prophets of doom.
prophetic	Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention. Words that proved prophetic.
revelation	The last book of the New Testament recounting a divine revelation of the future to St John. Revelations about his personal life.
seer	A person with unusual powers of foresight. Our seers have grown gloomier about prospects for growth.
vision	The images seen on a television screen. The organization had lost its vision and direction.