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disaster
Overview of noun disaster
The noun disaster has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (7) catastrophe, disaster -- (a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster")
2. (7) 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")
3. (1) disaster -- (an act that has disastrous consequences)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun disaster
3 senses of disaster
Sense 1
catastrophe, disaster
=> adversity, hardship, hard knocks
=> misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
=> fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
=> condition
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract 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
Sense 3
disaster
=> destruction, devastation
=> termination, ending, conclusion
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun disaster
1 of 3 senses of disaster
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 disaster
3 senses of disaster
Sense 1
catastrophe, disaster
=> adversity, hardship, hard knocks
Sense 2
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> misfortune, bad luck
Sense 3
disaster
=> destruction, devastation
Antonyms of noun disaster
Member Holonyms of noun disaster
Substance Holonyms of noun disaster
Part Holonyms of noun disaster
Member Meronyms of noun disaster
Substance Meronyms of noun disaster
Part Meronyms of noun disaster
Meronyms of noun disaster
Holonyms of noun disaster
Attributes of noun disaster
Derived Forms of noun disaster
1 of 3 senses of disaster
Sense 2
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
RELATED TO>(adj) disastrous#1
=> black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
Domain of noun disaster
Domain Terms of noun disaster
Familiarity of noun disaster
disaster used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun disaster
3 senses of disaster
Sense 1
catastrophe, disaster
> adversity, hardship, hard knocks
=> ill-being
=> catastrophe, disaster
=> extremity
=> distress
=> affliction
=> victimization
=> nadir, low-water mark
Sense 2
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
> misfortune, bad luck
=> pity, shame
=> mishap, misadventure, mischance
=> calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> adversity
=> hardship
=> knock
Sense 3
disaster
> destruction, devastation
=> disaster
=> kill
=> laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking
=> razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishing
=> annihilation, obliteration
=> decimation
=> self-destruction
=> neutralization, neutralisation
=> sabotage
=> extermination, liquidation
=> holocaust
=> demolition
=> spoliation
=> vandalism, hooliganism, malicious mischief
Meronyms of noun disaster
3 senses of disaster
Holonyms of noun disaster
Grep of noun disaster
disaster
disaster area
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