apocalypse

1. 1.

   a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil

   Broadercalamity
2. 2.

   the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle

   SynonymsRevelationRevelation of Saint John the DivineBook of Revelation

   Broaderbook

   Part ofNew Testament

Other forms of apocalypse

plural

apocalypses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about apocalypse

What does apocalypse mean?

apocalypse means "a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in apocalypse?

apocalypse has 4 syllables: a-po-ca-lypse. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /əˈpɑkəˌlɪps/.

What is another word for apocalypse?

Close synonyms include Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Book of Revelation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apocalypse a common word?

apocalypse is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with apocalypse?

1 word rhymes with apocalypse. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.