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revelation

name · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
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  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌɹev.əˈlæɪ.ʃən/
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH2 V AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The final book of the New Testament of the Bible; its events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Rev.

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of revealing or disclosing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The revelation of the culprits' identities was cathartic for the populace.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something that is revealed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Something dramatically disclosed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • This invention was a revelation for farmers throughout the region, who immediately adopted it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A manifestation of divine truth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apocalypse

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Something that turns out to be a great success.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • This invention was a revelation for farming throughout the region, where it doubled crop yields.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: insight, brainstorm, brainwave

8

noun

Meaning 8

the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: book

9

noun

Meaning 9

communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: divine revelation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: informing, making known

10

noun

Meaning 10

the speech act of making something evident

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disclosure, revealing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speech act

Narrower terms: tattle, singing, telling, display, divulgence, divulgement, discovery, giveaway, informing, ratting, leak, news leak, exposure

History

Etymology

Proprialization from revelation. The translation decisions, from the original Greek to the conventional English choices Revelation and Apocalypse, are covered by Wikipedia at Book of Revelation § Title, authorship, and date.

From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin revēlātiō (“disclosure”), from revēlō (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + vēlō (“to cover”); by surface analysis, revelate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

230 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Openbaring — book of Bible
  • Albanian: Zbulesa — book of Bible
  • Arabic: الرُّؤْيَا (ar-ruʔyā) — book of Bible
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) — book of Bible
  • Armenian: Հայտնություն (Haytnutʻyun) — book of Bible
  • Basque: Apokalipsi — book of Bible
  • Bemba: Ubusokololo — book of Bible
  • Bengali: প্রত্যাদেশ (prottadeś) — book of Bible
  • Bulgarian: Откровение (Otkrovenie) — book of Bible
  • Burmese: ဗျာဒိတ်ကျမ်း (byaditkyam:) — book of Bible
  • Catalan: Apocalipsi — book of Bible
  • Cebuano: Pinadayag — book of Bible
  • Cebuano: Bugna — book of Bible
  • Chinese Cantonese: 啟示錄 /启示录 (kai2 si6 luk6) — book of Bible
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啟示錄 /启示录 (qǐshìlù) — book of Bible
  • Chinese Mandarin: 默示錄 /默示录 (mòshìlù) — book of Bible
  • Maore Comorian: Miv̄enulio — book of Bible
  • Ngazidja Comorian: Ufunuo — book of Bible
  • Danish: Johannes' Åbenbaring — book of Bible
  • Dutch: Openbaring — book of Bible
  • Estonian: Johannesse ilmutusraamat — book of Bible
  • Farefare: Pukre — book of Bible
  • Fijian: Vakatakila — book of Bible
  • Finnish: Johanneksen ilmestys — book of Bible
  • Finnish: ilmestyskirja — book of Bible
  • French: Apocalypse — book of Bible
  • French: Révélation — book of Bible
  • Galician: Apocalipse — book of Bible
  • Georgian: გამოცხადება (gamocxadeba) — book of Bible
  • Georgian: გამოცხადება იოანესი (gamocxadeba ioanesi) — book of Bible
  • Georgian: აპოკალიფსი (aṗoḳalipsi) — book of Bible
  • German: Offenbarung — book of Bible
  • German: Offenbarung des Johannes — book of Bible
  • German: Apokalypse — book of Bible
  • Greek: Αποκάλυψη (Apokálypsi) — book of Bible
  • Hawaiian: Hōʻike ʻAna — book of Bible
  • Hebrew: חֲזוֹן יוֹחָנָן (ẖazón yoẖanán) — book of Bible
  • Hebrew: הִתְגַּלּוּת (hitgalút) — book of Bible
  • Hindi: प्रकाशित वाक्य (prakāśit vākya) — book of Bible
  • Icelandic: Opinberunarbók Jóhannesar — book of Bible
  • Indonesian: Wahyu — book of Bible
  • Irish: Apacailipsis (Eoin) — book of Bible
  • Irish: Taispeáint — book of Bible
  • Irish: an Taispeáint a fuair Eoin — book of Bible
  • Japanese: 黙示録 (Mokushiroku) — book of Bible
  • Jarai: Pơrơđah — book of Bible
  • Jarai: Tơlơi Bơrơđah — book of Bible
  • Kannada: ಪ್ರಕಟನೆ (prakaṭane) — book of Bible
  • Kazakh: Аян (Aän) — book of Bible
  • Kazakh: Жохан аяны (Joxan aäny) — book of Bible
  • Khmer: វិវរណៈ (vĭvrônaʼ) — book of Bible
  • Konkani: जुांवाक प्रकासवणी (juāuvāk prakāsavṇī) — book of Bible
  • Korean: 요한 묵시록 (Yohan Muksirok) — book of Bible
  • Lala-Bisa: Ukufisulula — book of Bible
  • Latin: Apocalypsis — book of Bible
  • Latin: Revēlātiō — book of Bible
  • Lithuanian: Apreiškimas Jonui — book of Bible
  • Lutuv: Biephu — book of Bible
  • Macedonian: Откровение (Otkrovenie) — book of Bible
  • Malay: Kitab Wahyu — book of Bible
  • Malay: Kitab Ilham — book of Bible
  • Malayalam: വെളിപ്പാടു (veḷippāṭu) — book of Bible
  • Maltese: l-Apokalissi — book of Bible
  • Māori: Whakakitenga — book of Bible
  • Marathi: प्रकटीकरण (prakṭīkraṇ) — book of Bible
  • Mongolian: Илчлэлт (Ilčlelt) — book of Bible
  • Nepali: प्रकाश (prakāś) — book of Bible
  • Nkoya: Kuholoka — book of Bible
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Johannes' åpenbaring — book of Bible
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Johannes' openberring — book of Bible
  • Odia: ଯୋହନଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ପ୍ରକାଶିତ ବାକ୍ୟ (johanaṅka prati prakāśita bākya) — book of Bible
  • Persian: مکاشفه — book of Bible
  • Plautdietsch: Openboarunk — book of Bible
  • Polish: Apokalipsa — book of Bible
  • Portuguese: Apocalipse — book of Bible
  • Punjabi: ਪਰਕਾਸ਼ ਦੀ ਪੋਥੀ (parkāś dī pothī) — book of Bible
  • Russian: Апока́липсис (Apokálipsis) — book of Bible
  • Russian: Открове́ние Иоа́нна Богосло́ва (Otkrovénije Ioánna Bogoslóva) — book of Bible
  • Serbo-Croatian: Откровење Јованово — book of Bible
  • Serbo-Croatian: Otkrovenje Jovanovo — book of Bible
  • Sinhalese: එළිදරව් (eḷidaraw) — book of Bible
  • Slovene: Razodetje — book of Bible
  • Somali: Muujintii — book of Bible
  • Spanish: Apocalipsis — book of Bible
  • Spanish: Revelación — book of Bible
  • Suba: Owusasuko — book of Bible
  • Suba-Simbiti: Okohonyora — book of Bible
  • Swahili: Ufunuo — book of Bible
  • Swedish: Uppenbarelseboken — book of Bible
  • Tagalog: Pahayag — book of Bible
  • Tamil: திருவெளிப்பாடு (tiruveḷippāṭu) — book of Bible
  • Telugu: ప్రకటన గ్రంథము (prakaṭana granthamu) — book of Bible
  • Thai: วิวรณ์ (wí-wɔɔn) — book of Bible
  • Turkish: Vahiy — book of Bible
  • Turkmen: Ýahýa gelen ylham — book of Bible
  • Ukrainian: Об'явлення (Obʺjavlennja) — book of Bible
  • Urdu: مکاشفہ — book of Bible
  • Uyghur: ۋەھىيلەر (wehiyler) — book of Bible
  • Vietnamese: Khải Huyền — book of Bible
  • Aghwan: 𐔰𐕄𐕒𐕡𐕄𐕆𐔶𐕒𐕡𐕎 (aḳuḳhēun) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Armenian: բացահայտում (bacʻahaytum) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Belarusian: адкрыццё (adkryccjó) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Bulgarian: разкри́ване (razkrívane) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Catalan: revelació — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洩露 /泄露 (xièlù) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 揭發 /揭发 (jiēfā) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Czech: odhalení — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Czech: zjevení — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Danish: åbenbaring — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Dutch: revelatie — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Dutch: openbaring — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Esperanto: revelacio — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Finnish: paljastus — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • French: révélation — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Galician: revelación — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Georgian: გამხელა (gamxela) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Georgian: გამომჟღავნება (gamomžɣavneba) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Georgian: გამჟღავნება (gamžɣavneba) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • German: Enthüllung — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (andhuleins) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Greek: αποκάλυψη (apokálypsi) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Hebrew: הִתְגַּלּוּת (hitgalút) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Icelandic: opinberun — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Ido: revelo — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Irish: nochtadh — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Irish: foilsiú — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Italian: rivelazione — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Japanese: 暴露 (bakuro) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Korean: 폭로 (pongno) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Latin: revelatio — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Macedonian: откри́вање (otkrívanje) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Macedonian: разоткри́вање (razotkrívanje) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Māori: tūhuratanga — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åpenbaring — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: openberring — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Persian: افشاگری (efšâ-gari) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Persian: افشاسازی (efšâ-sâzi) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Portuguese: revelação — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Romanian: revelație — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Romanian: revelare — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Russian: открове́ние (otkrovénije) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Russian: откры́тие (otkrýtije) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Russian: раскры́тие (raskrýtije) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Scottish Gaelic: foillseachadh — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Spanish: revelación — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Spanish: develamiento — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Swahili: ufunuo — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Swedish: avslöjande — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Tagalog: siwalat — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Tagalog: kasiwalatan — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Ottoman Turkish: افشا (ifşâ) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Ottoman Turkish: كشف (keşf, keşif) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Ukrainian: відкриття́ (vidkryttjá) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Ukrainian: розкриття́ (rozkryttjá) — the act of revealing or disclosing
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Armenian: բացահայտում (bacʻahaytum) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Belarusian: адкрыццё (adkryccjó) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洩露 /泄露 (xièlù) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Dutch: onthulling — something dramatically disclosed
  • Finnish: paljastus — something dramatically disclosed
  • Galician: revelación — something dramatically disclosed
  • Georgian: გამომჟღავნება (gamomžɣavneba) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Georgian: გამჟღავნება (gamžɣavneba) — something dramatically disclosed
  • German: Enthüllung — something dramatically disclosed
  • German: Offenbarung — something dramatically disclosed
  • German: Erkenntnis — something dramatically disclosed
  • Hebrew: גילוי \ גִּלּוּי (gilúy) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Hindi: प्रकटीकरण (prakṭīkraṇ) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Japanese: 暴露 (bakuro) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Korean: 폭로 (pongno) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Persian: افشا (efšâ) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Portuguese: revelação — something dramatically disclosed
  • Romanian: revelație — something dramatically disclosed
  • Russian: раскры́тие (raskrýtije) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Russian: разоблаче́ние (razoblačénije) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Swedish: avslöjande — something dramatically disclosed
  • Ukrainian: відкриття́ (vidkryttjá) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Ukrainian: розкриття́ (rozkryttjá) — something dramatically disclosed
  • Arabic: وَحْي (waḥy) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Arabic: تَنْزِيل (tanzīl) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Armenian: հայտնություն (haytnutʻyun) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Azerbaijani: vəhy — manifestation of divine truth
  • Belarusian: адкрыццё (adkryccjó) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Bengali: ওহী (ohī) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Bengali: নাজিল (nazil) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Bulgarian: открове́ние (otkrovénie) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Catalan: revelació — manifestation of divine truth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啟示 /启示 (qǐshì) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Czech: zjevení — manifestation of divine truth
  • Danish: åbenbaring — manifestation of divine truth
  • Dutch: openbaring — manifestation of divine truth
  • Finnish: ilmestys — manifestation of divine truth
  • Galician: revelación — manifestation of divine truth
  • Georgian: გამოცხადება (gamocxadeba) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Georgian: ზეშთაგონება (zeštagoneba) — manifestation of divine truth
  • German: Offenbarung — manifestation of divine truth
  • Greek: αποκάλυψη (apokálypsi) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Hebrew: הִתְגַּלּוּת (hitgalút) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Hungarian: kinyilatkoztatás — manifestation of divine truth
  • Icelandic: opinberun — manifestation of divine truth
  • Indonesian: wahyu — manifestation of divine truth
  • Italian: rivelazione — manifestation of divine truth
  • Japanese: 啓示 (keiji) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Korean: 계시 (gyesi) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Macedonian: открове́ние (otkrovénie) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Malay: wahyu — manifestation of divine truth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åpenbaring — manifestation of divine truth
  • Persian: وحی (vahy) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Polish: objawienie — manifestation of divine truth
  • Portuguese: revelação — manifestation of divine truth
  • Romanian: revelație — manifestation of divine truth
  • Russian: открове́ние (otkrovénije) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh — manifestation of divine truth
  • Serbo-Croatian: откриве́ње — manifestation of divine truth
  • Serbo-Croatian: открове́ње — manifestation of divine truth
  • Serbo-Croatian: otkrivénje — manifestation of divine truth
  • Serbo-Croatian: otkrovénje — manifestation of divine truth
  • Slovak: zjavenie — manifestation of divine truth
  • Slovene: razodetje — manifestation of divine truth
  • Slovene: odkritje — manifestation of divine truth
  • Spanish: revelación — manifestation of divine truth
  • Swedish: uppenbarelse — manifestation of divine truth
  • Turkish: vahiy — manifestation of divine truth
  • Ottoman Turkish: الهام (ilhâm) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Ukrainian: відкриття́ (vidkryttjá) — manifestation of divine truth
  • Ukrainian: одкрове́ння (odkrovénnja) — manifestation of divine truth
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