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

Need another word that means the same as “doom”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “doom” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Doom” are: day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world, destruction, downfall, ruin, ruination, rack and ruin, catastrophe, disaster, condemn, sentence, designate, destine, fate, damned, predestine, ordain, preordain, foredoom, mean, foreordain, consign

Doom as a Noun

Definitions of "Doom" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “doom” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Death, destruction, or some other terrible fate.
• An unpleasant or disastrous destiny.
• (in Christian belief) the Last Judgement.

Synonyms of "Doom" as a noun (10 Words)

catastrophe	An event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster. An environmental catastrophe.
day of reckoning	The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside.
destruction	A cause of someone’s ruin. Gambling was his destruction.
disaster	Denoting a genre of films that use natural or accidental catastrophe as the mainspring of plot and setting. His policies were a disaster.
doomsday	An unpleasant or disastrous destiny. Bede believed that the time of doomsday is concealed from mankind.
downfall	A sudden decline in strength or number or importance. His intractability will prove to be his downfall.
end of the world	The last section of a communication.
rack and ruin	A form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body.
ruin	A ruined building. The financial cost could mean ruin.
ruination	Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. Commercial malpractice causes the ruination of thousands of people.

Usage Examples of "Doom" as a noun

• The aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water.
• A day like that of the last doom.
• Everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it.

Doom as a Verb

Definitions of "Doom" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “doom” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Decree or designate beforehand.
• Cause to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome.
• Condemn to certain death or destruction.
• Make certain of the failure or destruction of.
• Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law.

Synonyms of "Doom" as a verb (13 Words)

condemn	Officially declare (something) to be unfit for use. The pool has been condemned as a health hazard.
consign	Send to an address. He consigned three paintings to Sotheby s.
designate	Decree or designate beforehand. He was designated as prime minister.
destine	Design or destine. She was destined to become a great pianist.
fate	Be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way. The regime was fated to end badly.
foredoom	Doom beforehand. The policy is foredoomed to failure.
foreordain	Foreordain by divine will or decree. Progress is not foreordained.
mean	Mean or intend to express or convey. The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers.
ordain	Order by virtue of superior authority; decree. The minister was ordained only last month.
predestine	Foreordain by divine will or decree. Calvinists believed that every person was predestined by God to go to heaven or to hell.
preordain	Foreordain or determine beforehand. You might think the company s success was preordained.
sentence	Pronounce a sentence on somebody in a court of law. Ten army officers were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Usage Examples of "Doom" as a verb

• This decision will doom me to lose my position.
• Fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed.
• Her plan was doomed to failure.

Associations of "Doom" (30 Words)

bier	A coffin along with its stand. We followed the bier to the graveyard.
casualty	A decrease of military personnel or equipment. The Insurers acquire all the Policyholder s rights in respect of the casualty which caused the loss.
cemetery	A tract of land used for burials. A military cemetery.
dead	Exactly. Was dead tired.
death	The personification of death. It was the death of all his plans.
decease	Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. Upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren.
deceased	The recently dead person in question. The will of Christopher Smith deceased.
demise	Transfer by a lease or by a will. The demised property.
destine	Design or destine. She was destined to become a great pianist.
die	A cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male external screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods. The car died on the road.
fabled	Celebrated in fable or legend. The fabled kingdom.
fate	The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman. Fate decided his course for him.
funeral	A sermon delivered at a funeral. Her funeral had to pass.
holocaust	An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire. A nuclear holocaust.
impending	(of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen; forthcoming. A fortune teller with dire warnings about impending doom.
inter	Place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. He was interred with the military honours due to him.
intestacy	The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will.
intestate	A person who has died without having made a will. Intestate property.
misadventure	Death caused by a person accidentally while performing a legal act without negligence or intent to harm. The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
mortal	Very great. A mortal illness.
mortality	The state of being subject to death. Post operative mortality was 90 per cent for some operations.
mortician	An undertaker.
mortuary	A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation. A mortuary temple.
perish	Be suffering from extreme cold. I was perished with cold before the end of the day.
quietus	Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb.
sepulchral	Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial. The sepulchral darkness of the catacombs.
tombstone	A stone that is used to mark a grave. Thrill seeking lads tombstoned off the rocks.
unfortunate	Not indicating a good chance of success; inauspicious. The delay at the airport was an unfortunate start to our holiday.
unfortunately	By bad luck. Unfortunately it rained all day.
unlucky	Having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck. Friday the 13th is an unlucky date.