Synonyms of catastrophes

catastrophes

noun

plural of catastrophe

1

as in disasters

a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction

more than one natural catastrophe has threatened to destroy their farm over the years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disasters
• apocalypses
• tragedies
• calamities
• accidents
• collapses
• debacles
• cataclysms
• crashes
• fatalities
• upheavals
• casualties
• bloodbaths
• convulsions
• misfortunes
• meltdowns
• end-times
• mishaps
• misadventures
• doomsdays
• Armageddons
• blows
• paroxysms
• mischances
• double whammies
• blasts
• one-twos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• windfalls
• godsends
• mannas

2

as in failures

something that has failed

the movie was a catastrophe, nearly bankrupting the studio that produced it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disasters
• failures
• disappointments
• bombs
• shipwrecks
• losers
• busts
• fiascoes
• frosts
• washouts
• flops
• debacles
• lemons
• misses
• messes
• duds
• clinkers
• clunkers
• turkeys
• bummers
• dogs
• fizzles
• shambles
• hashes
• near misses
• has-beens
• botches
• also-rans
• nonevents
• muddles
• nonstarters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• successes
• winners
• hits
• blockbusters
• phenomena
• smashes
• corkers
• dandies
• crackerjacks
• jim-dandies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of catastrophes

An institution built explicitly to neutralize biological catastrophes is now at the center of one. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

With wars and climate catastrophes hitting a world still reeling from 7 million deaths caused by COVID-19, Shelley’s pandemic novel has perhaps never felt so relevant. — Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

Our task is to build the structures, the accountability mechanisms and the institutional discipline that ensure trust failures become governance data rather than governance catastrophes. — Albana Vrioni, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Tuesday’s scene was a mixture of confusion and chaos with first responders fanned out across two catastrophes and television news teams desperately trying to find out whether their journalists were safe. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Syria became one of the great human catastrophes of our time. — Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Returns, however, can be negative in a year when there is a much higher than average incidence of catastrophes and insurance claims have to be paid out. — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Experts warn that catastrophes like this are likely to happen again because rising temperatures in the Himalayas, which are warming faster than the global average, destabilize the region's 60,000 glaciers and trigger more avalanches. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

The road to Sylvan Esso’s radiant new album began with a cascade of delays and catastrophes. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026