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catastrophe
Overview of noun catastrophe
The noun catastrophe has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm -- (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster")
2. (1) catastrophe, disaster -- (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")
3. catastrophe, cataclysm -- (a sudden violent change in the earth's surface)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun catastrophe
3 senses of catastrophe
Sense 1
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> misfortune, bad luck
=> trouble
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
catastrophe, disaster
=> adversity, hardship, hard knocks
=> misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
=> fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
=> condition
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
catastrophe, cataclysm
=> geological phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun catastrophe
2 of 3 senses of catastrophe
Sense 1
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty
=> apocalypse
=> famine
=> kiss of death
=> meltdown
=> plague
=> visitation
=> tidal wave
=> tsunami
Sense 3
catastrophe, cataclysm
=> nuclear winter
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun catastrophe
3 senses of catastrophe
Sense 1
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> misfortune, bad luck
Sense 2
catastrophe, disaster
=> adversity, hardship, hard knocks
Sense 3
catastrophe, cataclysm
=> geological phenomenon
Antonyms of noun catastrophe
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Member Meronyms of noun catastrophe
Substance Meronyms of noun catastrophe
Part Meronyms of noun catastrophe
Meronyms of noun catastrophe
Holonyms of noun catastrophe
Attributes of noun catastrophe
Derived Forms of noun catastrophe
Domain of noun catastrophe
Domain Terms of noun catastrophe
Familiarity of noun catastrophe
catastrophe used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun catastrophe
3 senses of catastrophe
Sense 1
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
> misfortune, bad luck
=> pity, shame
=> mishap, misadventure, mischance
=> calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> adversity
=> hardship
=> knock
Sense 2
catastrophe, disaster
> adversity, hardship, hard knocks
=> ill-being
=> catastrophe, disaster
=> extremity
=> distress
=> affliction
=> victimization
=> nadir, low-water mark
Sense 3
catastrophe, cataclysm
> geological phenomenon
=> earthquake, quake, temblor, seism
=> endogeny
=> alluvial fan, alluvial cone
=> catastrophe, cataclysm
=> continental drift
=> deposit, sedimentation, alluviation
=> flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion
=> frost heave, frost heaving
=> transgression
=> volcanism
Meronyms of noun catastrophe
3 senses of catastrophe
Holonyms of noun catastrophe
Grep of noun catastrophe
catastrophe
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