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cataclysm
Overview of noun cataclysm
The noun cataclysm has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. catastrophe, cataclysm -- (a sudden violent change in the earth's surface)
2. 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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cataclysm
2 senses of cataclysm
Sense 1
catastrophe, cataclysm
=> geological phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> misfortune, bad luck
=> trouble
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun cataclysm
2 senses of cataclysm
Sense 1
catastrophe, cataclysm
=> nuclear winter
Sense 2
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
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cataclysm
2 senses of cataclysm
Sense 1
catastrophe, cataclysm
=> geological phenomenon
Sense 2
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> misfortune, bad luck
Antonyms of noun cataclysm
Member Holonyms of noun cataclysm
Substance Holonyms of noun cataclysm
Part Holonyms of noun cataclysm
Member Meronyms of noun cataclysm
Substance Meronyms of noun cataclysm
Part Meronyms of noun cataclysm
Meronyms of noun cataclysm
Holonyms of noun cataclysm
Attributes of noun cataclysm
Derived Forms of noun cataclysm
1 of 2 senses of cataclysm
Sense 2
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
RELATED TO>(adj) cataclysmic#1
=> cataclysmal, cataclysmic
RELATED TO>(adj) cataclysmal#1
=> cataclysmal, cataclysmic
Domain of noun cataclysm
Domain Terms of noun cataclysm
Familiarity of noun cataclysm
cataclysm used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun cataclysm
2 senses of cataclysm
Sense 1
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
Sense 2
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
> misfortune, bad luck
=> pity, shame
=> mishap, misadventure, mischance
=> calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> adversity
=> hardship
=> knock
Meronyms of noun cataclysm
2 senses of cataclysm
Holonyms of noun cataclysm
Grep of noun cataclysm
cataclysm
Grep of adj cataclysm
cataclysmal
cataclysmic
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