disaster
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system
Types & categories
- hardship hypernym
Sense 2 noun
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
Types & categories
- misfortune hypernym
- act of God hyponym
- apocalypse hyponym
- famine hyponym
- kiss of death hyponym
- meltdown hyponym
- plague hyponym
- visitation hyponym
- tidal wave hyponym
- tsunami hyponym
Related & opposite
- cataclysmal derivation
- calamitous derivation
- tragic derivation
Sense 3 noun
an act that has disastrous consequences
Types & categories
- destruction hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hardship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cataclysmal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | calamitous |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tragic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | misfortune |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | act of God |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | apocalypse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | famine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kiss of death |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | meltdown |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plague |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | visitation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tidal wave |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tsunami |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | destruction |