world-shaking
Altering everything profoundly
World-shaking describes events or developments so significant they alter the course of history or fundamentally change how people live and think.
A world-shaking discovery, announcement, or revolution affects vast numbers of people across boundaries: The invention of the printing press was world-shaking.
Often used with mild irony for things that aren't: Missing your train isn't exactly world-shaking.
Marking a historic division
- epoch-makingStarting a new age
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- pivotalVitally important, deciding
monumental · seminal · defining · milestone · consequential · far-reaching · legacy · chronicle
Introducing radical new ideas
- game-changingFundamentally altering outcomes
- disruptiveTending to interrupt order
- innovativeIntroducing new ideas
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
earth-shattering · redefining · restructuring · overhauling · metamorphic · revolutionary · reformative · trailblazing
Seismic ground movement
- tremorInvoluntary rhythmic shaking
- tectonicOf crustal forces
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
- magnitudeSize or scale
aftershock · shockwave · faultline · rupture · quake · jolt · vibration · cataclysm
Root-indicating symbol
- insurgentOne who revolts
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
subversive · insurrection · revolt · coup · reform · liberation · movement · manifesto
epochal
Marking a historic division
- epoch-makingStarting a new age
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- watershedDrainage area boundary
pivotal · monumental · seminal · defining · milestone · consequential · far-reaching · legacy · chronicle
groundbreaking
Introducing radical new ideas
- game-changingFundamentally altering outcomes
- disruptiveTending to interrupt order
- innovativeIntroducing new ideas
pioneering · earth-shattering · redefining · restructuring · overhauling · metamorphic · revolutionary · reformative · trailblazing · visionary
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
magnitude · aftershock · shockwave · faultline · rupture · quake · jolt · vibration · cataclysm · upheaval
radical
Root-indicating symbol
overthrow · subversive · insurrection · revolt · coup · reform · liberation · movement · manifesto · barricade
world-shakingtrivial
Lacking significance or weight
insignificant · inconsequential · minor · negligible · trifling
world-shakingunremarkable
Not worthy of comment
unnoticed · obscure · forgettable · humdrum · mundane
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