Definition for Catastrophe:

• An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.

Synonyms for Catastrophe:

• n.

  •adversity (noun)
  • affliction,
  • dolor,
  • blight,
  • agony,
  • rainy day,
  • grief,
  • destitution,
  • poorness,
  • bane,
  • bad luck,
  • burden,
  • hard times,
  • curse,
  • ordeal,
  • trouble,
  • mishap,
  • difficulty,
  • torment,
  • trial,
  • infliction,
  • peril,
  • contretemps,
  • poverty.
  •calamity; unhappy conclusion (noun)
  • debacle,
  • the worst,
  • upshot,
  • alluvion,
  • curtains,
  • crash,
  • havoc,
  • fatality,
  • blow,
  • finale,
  • wreck,
  • denouement,
  • desolation,
  • culmination,
  • termination,
  • waterloo,
  • stroke,
  • emergency,
  • ill,
  • scourge,
  • devastation,
  • meltdown,
  • failure,
  • bad news,
  • end.
  •disaster (noun)
  • ravage,
  • visitation,
  • down,
  • avalanche,
  • ruin,
  • convulsion.
  •ending (noun)
  • omega,
  • windup.
  •evil (noun)
  • Peccancy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • geohazard,
  • OOPS,
  • act of god,
  • whoops.
  •
  • accident.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dud,
  • comedown,
  • destination,
  • resolution,
  • counterrevolution,
  • recognition,
  • tabula rasa,
  • mistake,
  • technological revolution,
  • hurt,
  • chore,
  • incident,
  • development,
  • Apodosis,
  • destiny,
  • keystone,
  • local color,
  • finish,
  • atmosphere,
  • revulsion,
  • shock,
  • climax,
  • design,
  • flop,
  • motif,
  • terminus,
  • plot,
  • falling action,
  • superstructure,
  • pain,
  • stoppage,
  • fable,
  • plan,
  • episode,
  • line,
  • cessation,
  • last breath,
  • curtain,
  • onus,
  • topic,
  • overthrow,
  • mood,
  • background,
  • lemon,
  • destruction,
  • fulfillment,
  • finis,
  • achievement,
  • problem,
  • color,
  • final words,
  • term,
  • palace revolution,
  • injury,
  • peripeteia,
  • wrack,
  • bomb,
  • ne plus ultra,
  • cross,
  • danger,
  • envoi,
  • complication,
  • headache,
  • last words,
  • last,
  • clunker,
  • total loss,
  • swan song,
  • suffering,
  • result,
  • twist,
  • slant,
  • bloodless revolution,
  • close,
  • necessity,
  • straits,
  • device,
  • peroration,
  • upset,
  • final solution,
  • harm,
  • punishment,
  • architecture,
  • pestilence,
  • expiration,
  • revolt,
  • characterization,
  • shipwreck,
  • set back,
  • bust,
  • blunder,
  • struggle,
  • clean sweep,
  • cave,
  • Backset,
  • last word,
  • action,
  • decease,
  • crack of doom,
  • clean slate,
  • scheme,
  • reversal,
  • last act,
  • contrivance,
  • finishing touch,
  • breaking up,
  • despatch,
  • subversion,
  • setback,
  • Bouleversement,
  • breakup,
  • radical change,
  • bitter end,
  • rub,
  • tone,
  • revolutionary war,
  • coping stone,
  • consummation,
  • eschatology,
  • travail,
  • subplot,
  • check,
  • dispatch,
  • disease,
  • anguish,
  • crowning touch,
  • movement,
  • winding up,
  • architectonics,
  • finality,
  • trauma,
  • sequel,
  • pileup,
  • frost,
  • epilogue,
  • bale,
  • Izzard,
  • accomplishment,
  • gimmick,
  • structure,
  • smash,
  • theme,
  • arrival,
  • switch,
  • loser,
  • Transilience,
  • argument,
  • rout,
  • Anagnorisis,
  • plague,
  • conclusion,
  • miss,
  • period,
  • load,
  • smashup,
  • payoff,
  • end point,
  • death,
  • angle,
  • issue,
  • shame,
  • bummer,
  • fate,
  • collision,
  • mare,
  • Calamities,
  • bitterness,
  • crack-up,
  • quietus,
  • fizzle,
  • clinker,
  • coda,
  • turkey,
  • terminal,
  • rising action,
  • breakdown,
  • story,
  • revolution,
  • task,
  • continuity,
  • final result,
  • performance,
  • completion,
  • bad job,
  • overturn,
  • total change,
  • final twitch,
  • effect,
  • missing link,
  • spasm,
  • disappointment,
  • end result,
  • execution,
  • defeat,
  • Ceasing,
  • worry,
  • fait accompli,
  • subject,
  • goal,
  • mythos.

Paraphrases for Catastrophe:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    disasters, disaster, calamity.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    disaster, calamity.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cataclysm, destruction, mishap, crisis, peril, havoc, misfortune, wreck, incident, collapse, drama, Dramas, disgrace, mess, event.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    hazards.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    accident, scourge, devastation, conflagration, meltdown, crash, setback, holocaust, nakba, earthquake, damage.
  • Interjection
    disaster.

Antonyms for Catastrophe:

• n.

  • calamity; unhappy conclusion
    boon, cause, opening, commencement, start, gain, prosperity, comfort, miracle, aid, beginning, advantage, joy, benefit, wonder, luck, win, origin, success, help, good luck, assistance, favor, peace, blessing, delight, happiness, creation, birth, fortune, profit, good fortune.
  • Other antonyms:
    corker, dandy, manna, windfall, privilege, pleasure, phenomenon, jim-dandy, godsend, crackerjack.