end of the world
Doomsday scenario unfolding
End of the world refers to the destruction or catastrophic transformation of Earth or human civilization.
Religious traditions envision divine judgment; secular fears include nuclear war, asteroid impact, or climate collapse.
Figuratively, it describes any devastating personal event: Finding out I failed felt like the end of the world.
Often used sarcastically to minimize trivial complaints: So you missed the bus—it's not the end of the world.
Total civilizational collapse
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- tribulationState of great distress
- antichristEnemy of the faith
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
judgment · prophecy · four horsemen · second coming · messiah · beast · 666 · seals
Violent, large-scale disaster
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
nuclear war · pandemic · supervolcano · solar flare · gamma ray burst · zombie apocalypse · existential threat
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
- prepperOne who stockpiles for catastrophe
- survivalistSelf-reliance extremist
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- post-apocalypticAfter global catastrophe
Mad Max · fallout shelter · Y2K · 2012 · Nostradamus · Mayan calendar · Book of Revelation · end times prophecy
Doctrine of prophesied utopia
- resurrectionRevival from death
- messianismFaith in ultimate deliverance
- postmillennialismReturn follows global renewal
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
Large-scale species elimination
- biodiversity lossReduction in species variety
- dinosaursExtinct prehistoric reptiles
- dodoVanished flightless bird
- passenger pigeonExtinct migratory North American dove
megafauna · anthropocene · habitat destruction · climate change · asteroid impact · volcanic winter · ocean acidification · ecosystem collapse
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- culminationHighest or final point
- omegaTwenty-fourth Greek letter
epilogue · curtain call · swan song · last chapter · closure · cessation · completion · countdown
apocalypse
Total civilizational collapse
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- tribulationState of great distress
- antichristEnemy of the faith
revelation · judgment · prophecy · four horsemen · second coming · messiah · beast · 666 · seals · trumpets
cataclysm
Violent, large-scale disaster
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
devastation · nuclear war · pandemic · supervolcano · solar flare · gamma ray burst · zombie apocalypse · existential threat
bunker
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
- prepperOne who stockpiles for catastrophe
- survivalistSelf-reliance extremist
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
post-apocalyptic · Mad Max · fallout shelter · Y2K · 2012 · Nostradamus · Mayan calendar · Book of Revelation · end times prophecy
millenarianism
Doctrine of prophesied utopia
- resurrectionRevival from death
- messianismFaith in ultimate deliverance
- postmillennialismReturn follows global renewal
mass extinction
Large-scale species elimination
- biodiversity lossReduction in species variety
- dinosaursExtinct prehistoric reptiles
- dodoVanished flightless bird
passenger pigeon · megafauna · anthropocene · habitat destruction · climate change · asteroid impact · volcanic winter · ocean acidification · ecosystem collapse · nuclear winter
termination
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- culminationHighest or final point
omega · epilogue · curtain call · swan song · last chapter · closure · cessation · completion · countdown · final hour
- Hyperbolea zillion, bazillion, gazillion, bajillion, zillion
- End Timesapocalypse, Armageddon, rapture, end times, tribulation
- beyond reachunattainable, unreachable, inaccessible, out of bounds, elusive
- PatagoniaTierra del Fuego, Torres del Paine, Strait of Magellan, glacial lakes, estancia
end of the worldgenesis
Point of creation
origin of the universe · Big Bang · creation · dawn of time · beginning of time
end of the worldno big deal
Inconsequential matter
small potatoes · tempest in a teapot · first world problem · minor inconvenience · bump in the road
end of the worldheaven
Sky or bliss
paradise · eternal life · salvation · kingdom of heaven · promised land
world, ending, ended, endless, worldwide, worldly, worlds, endlessly, unworldly