What is another word for disaster?
Synonyms for disaster
dɪˈzæs tər, -ˈzɑ stərdis·as·ter
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
disaster
An accident is that which happens without any one's direct intention; a chance that which happens without any known cause. If the direct cause of a railroad accident is known, we can not call it a chance. To the theist there is, in strictness, no chance, all things being by divine causation and control; but chance is spoken of where no special cause is manifest: "By chance there came down a certain priest that way," Luke x, 31. We can speak of a game of chance, but not of a game of accident. An incident is viewed as occurring in the regular course of things, but subordinate to the main purpose, or aside from the main design. Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces. Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent, but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be; we say "he has a chance of success," or "there is one chance in a thousand," where we could not substitute fortune; as personified, Fortune is regarded as having a fitful purpose, Chance as purposeless; we speak of fickle Fortune, blind Chance; "Fortune favors the brave." The slaughter of men is an incident of battle; unexpected defeat, the fortune of war. Since the unintended is often the undesirable, accident tends to signify some calamity or disaster, unless the contrary is expressed, as when we say a fortunate or happy accident. An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill. A slight disturbing accident is a mishap. Compare EVENT; HAZARD.
Synonyms:
accident, adventure, calamity, casualty, chance, contingency, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibilityAntonyms:
appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purposePreposition:
The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.
Princeton's WordNet
catastrophe, disasternoun
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
"lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"
Synonyms:
catastrophe, tragedy, calamity, cataclysmcalamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysmnoun
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
Synonyms:
catastrophe, tragedy, calamity, cataclysmdisasternoun
an act that has disastrous consequences
Synonyms:
catastrophe, tragedy, calamity, cataclysm
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
disasternoun
Synonyms:
mishap, misfortune, reverse, mischance, calamity, catastrophe, blow, stroke, casualty
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
disasternoun
Synonyms:
calamity, mishap, catastrophe, casualty
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "disaster":
catastrophe, disasters, calamity, accident, tragedy, cataclysm, mess, debacle, scourge, destruction, misfortune, shambles, ramp, catastrophes, hazards, devastation
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1885 | chance | |
| #2310 | adventure | |
| #3865 | accident | |
| #4134 | disaster | |
| #4175 | possibility | |
| #4926 | incident | |
| #5264 | destruction | |
| #5437 | happening | |
| #7304 | hazard | |
| #8009 | mess | |
| #8140 | hazards | |
| #9367 | tragedy | |
| #10432 | disasters | |
| #10970 | ramp | |
| #13105 | casualty | |
| #14434 | contingency | |
| #20424 | catastrophe | |
| #24076 | devastation | |
| #25403 | hap | |
| #31190 | misfortune | |
| #34052 | calamity | |
| #35321 | scourge | |
| #37117 | debacle | |
| #43262 | mishap | |
| #45032 | shambles | |
| #46847 | catastrophes | |
| #81876 | misadventure | |
| #84068 | cataclysm |
How to use disaster in a sentence?
Mitch McConnell did a great job getting President Trump's judges into the judicial branch. That was a major accomplishment of the Donald Trump administration and Mitch McConnell did a good job helping Mitch McConnell, i do think, though, when you look at the totality of Donald Trump record, Donald Trump's been a disaster for the America First movement.
The math standard focuses on investigative math, which has been shown to be a disaster, with the new math standard in the Common Core, there are no longer absolute truths. So 3 times 4 can now equal 11 so long as a student can effectively explain how they reached that answer.
FEMA created all these rules, and all these processes and all these things, the hoops that people have to jump through to get their assistance, when you’re in a disaster, you need help right away. You don’t need help three months from now.
Significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread. Past events with this alert level have required a regional or national level response.
We cannot let her win because that will be disaster for Detroit and everybody else, hillary Clinton’s Trans Pacific Partnership will be even bigger and even worse than NAFTA.
Translations for disaster
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- كارثةArabic
- катастро́фа, няшча́сце, бе́дства, го́ра, бяда́Belarusian
- катастро́фа, злополу́ка, бе́дствиеBulgarian
- desastreCatalan, Valencian
- katastrofa, neštěstí, pohromaCzech
- katastrofeDanish
- Katastrophe, DesasterGerman
- καταστροφήGreek
- malfeliĉegoEsperanto
- desastreSpanish
- فاجعهPersian
- katastrofi, onnettomuusFinnish
- désastre, catastropheFrench
- creachScottish Gaelic
- אסוןHebrew
- महाविनाशHindi
- katastwòf, dezasHaitian Creole
- katasztrófaHungarian
- աղետ, պատուհաս, դժբախտությունArmenian
- bencanaIndonesian
- disastroItalian
- 災難, 災害, 惨事, 災い, 天災Japanese
- კატასტროფა, უბედურებაGeorgian
- зілзала, апатKazakh
- មហន្តរាយ, គ្រោះមហន្តរាយKhmer
- 재해, 재앙, 참사Korean
- postsLatvian
- bencanaMalay
- katastrofeNorwegian
- rampDutch
- katastrofeNorwegian Nynorsk
- gorze, katastrofa, bieda, nieszczęściePolish
- desastrePortuguese
- dezastru, nenorocire, catastrofăRomanian
- бе́дствие, го́ре, несча́стье, катастро́фа, беда́Russian
- nešťastie, katastrofa, pohromaSlovak
- katastrofSwedish
- afa, jangaSwahili
- பேரழிவுTamil
- ภัยพิบัติThai
- біда́, го́ре, ли́хо, катастро́фа, неща́стяUkrainian
- thảm hoạ, tai hoạVietnamese
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