Phrase guide

end of the world

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The destruction of Earth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • You make it sound as though moving house is the end of the world.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Synonym of ends of the earth (“a faraway place”)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ends of the earth

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an unpleasant or disastrous destiny

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
  • that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: doom, doomsday, day of reckoning

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: destiny, fate

6

noun

Meaning 6

(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement, Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement, Last Day, eschaton, day of reckoning, crack of doom

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: day

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نِهَايَةُ الْعَالَم (nihāyatu l-ʕālam) — end of the world
  • Arabic: الْقِيَامَة (al-qiyāma) — end of the world
  • Arabic: آخِر الزَّمَان (ʔāḵir az-zamān) — end of the world
  • Azerbaijani: axırzaman — end of the world
  • Azerbaijani: qiyamət — end of the world
  • Bashkir: ахырызаман (axırızaman) — end of the world
  • Bashkir: ҡиәмәт (qiəmət) — end of the world
  • Belarusian: кане́ц све́ту (kanjéc svjétu) — end of the world
  • Bulgarian: край на све́та (kraj na svéta) — end of the world
  • Chinese Mandarin: 世界末日 (shìjiè mòrì) — end of the world
  • Chinese Mandarin: 末日 (mòrì) — end of the world
  • Czech: konec světa — end of the world
  • Esperanto: finiĝo de la mondo — end of the world
  • Estonian: maailmalõpp — end of the world
  • Finnish: maailmanloppu — end of the world
  • French: fin du monde — end of the world
  • German: Ende der Welt — end of the world
  • German: Weltende — end of the world
  • Hindi: दुनिया का अंत (duniyā kā ant) — end of the world
  • Hungarian: világvége — end of the world
  • Indonesian: akhir zaman — end of the world
  • Indonesian: kiamat — end of the world
  • Italian: fine del mondo — end of the world
  • Japanese: 世界の終り (sekai no owari) — end of the world
  • Japanese: 世界の果て — end of the world
  • Japanese: 末つ方 (suetsukata) — end of the world
  • Kazakh: ақырзаман (aqyrzaman) — end of the world
  • Kazakh: заманақыр (zamanaqyr) — end of the world
  • Korean: 말세 (malse) — end of the world
  • Korean: 세계의 끝 (segyeui kkeut) — end of the world
  • Macedonian: крај на светот (kraj na svetot) — end of the world
  • Persian: آخرالزمان (âxar-oz-zamân) — end of the world
  • Persian: قیامت (qiyâmat) — end of the world
  • Polish: koniec świata — end of the world
  • Portuguese: fim do mundo — end of the world
  • Romanian: sfârșitul lumii — end of the world
  • Russian: коне́ц све́та (konéc svéta) — end of the world
  • Russian: коне́ц ми́ра (konéc míra) — end of the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: крај света — end of the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: крај свијета — end of the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: kraj sveta — end of the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: kraj svijeta — end of the world
  • Slovak: koniec sveta — end of the world
  • Slovene: konec sveta — end of the world
  • Spanish: fin del mundo — end of the world
  • Swedish: jordens undergång — end of the world
  • Tajik: охирзамон (oxirzamon) — end of the world
  • Telugu: యుగాంతము (yugāntamu) — end of the world
  • Turkish: dünyanın sonu — end of the world
  • Turkish: kıyamet — end of the world
  • Turkmen: ahyrzaman — end of the world
  • Ukrainian: кіне́ць сві́ту (kinécʹ svítu) — end of the world
  • Urdu: آخِرُ الزَّمان (āxiru z-zamān) — end of the world
  • Uyghur: ئاخىر زامان (axir zaman) — end of the world
  • Uzbek: oxir zamon — end of the world
  • Vietnamese: tận thế — end of the world
  • Yakan: kiyamat — end of the world
  • Bashkir: ахырызаман (axırızaman) — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Belarusian: кане́ц све́ту (kanjéc svjétu) — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Bulgarian: край на све́та (kraj na svéta) — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Finnish: maailmanloppu — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • French: mort d'homme — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • French: fin du monde — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • German: Weltuntergang — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Korean: 말세 (malse) — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Macedonian: крај на светот (kraj na svetot) — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Polish: koniec świata — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Russian: коне́ц све́та (konéc svéta) — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Serbo-Croatian: крај света — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Serbo-Croatian: крај свијета — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Serbo-Croatian: kraj sveta — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Serbo-Croatian: kraj svijeta — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Slovak: koniec sveta — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Slovene: konec sveta — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Spanish: fin del mundo — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Swedish: jordens undergång — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Swedish: hela världen — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Turkish: dünyanın sonu — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • Ukrainian: кіне́ць сві́ту (kinécʹ svítu) — any change that seems catastrophic or devastating