Apocalyptic

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to an apocalypse.
  • adj. Involving or portending widespread devastation or ultimate doom: "now speaks in apocalyptic terms about the probable conflict ahead” ( Financial Times).
  • adj. Characterized by usually exaggerated predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome: "Stripped of its apocalyptic tone, what this amounts to is an advocacy of teaching names, dates and places by rote” ( Stefan Kanfer).
  • adj. Of a revelatory or prophetic nature.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or relating to an apocalypse:
  • adj. Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom).
  • n. One who predicts apocalypse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.
  • adj. pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling an apocalypse, in senses 3 or 4.
  • n. The writer of the Apocalypse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Containing or pertaining to an apocalypse or revelation; specifically, relating to or simulating the book of Revelation in the New Testament.
  • Given to the explanation or application of prophecy.
  • n. Same as apocalyptist.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
  • adj. of or relating to an apocalypse
  • Equivalent
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    revelator   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    cryptic    ecliptic    triptych   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    prophetic    lyrical    biblical    mystical    doomsday