Events

Synonyms for disaster

Synonyms for disaster: tragedy and catastrophe. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · 2 reason lines

The 2 synonyms for disaster

tragedynoun, in the sense "an event resulting in great loss and misfortune"
catastrophenoun, in the sense "a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune"

Two senses of disaster, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsEvents

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

The earthquake was a disaster.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

tragedy

Same sentence, swapped: The earthquake was a tragedy.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for disaster in the sentence quoted.

pity
knock
cave

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineStates and conditions

a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

His policies were a disaster.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

catastrophe

Same sentence, swapped: His policies were a catastrophe.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot disaster is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

distress
affliction
stroke

Where disaster turns up in the game

disaster is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play disaster

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so disaster reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. disaster carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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