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Synonyms for doom

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

death demise ruin destruction fate destiny doomsday condemnation

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Demise — death

death, demise, ruin, destruction, perdition, downfall, end, mortality, exit, passing, fatality, expiration, decease, quietus dated

2. Fate — destiny, especially terrible

fate, destiny, lot, predestination, destination, kismet, portion, foredoom, orlay, preordination, foreordination, weird dated, chance dated, predestiny dated

3. Doomsday

doomsday, day of reckoning

4. Judgment

judgment US, judgement UK, condemnation, verdict

Verb

1. Sentence — to pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn

sentence, condemn, damn, decree, convict, adjudge, censure, judge dated, deem dated

2. Destine

destine, appoint, devote, designate

3. Curse — to destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of

curse, preordain, foreordain

4. Rule on — to judge; to estimate or determine as a judge

rule on, try

Other

sanction, penalize, penalise UK

Antonyms

acquit, salvation

All antonyms of doom →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Destiny, especially terrible.

  2. n. 2

    Death.

    They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.

  3. v. 1

    To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.

    a criminal doomed to death

  4. v. 2

    To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.

Related words

Word family
doomer doomist doomsayer doomsday doomsman doomster doomtard
Phrases
crack of doom prophet of doom day of doom

Forms

Plural
dooms → deaths, demises, ruins, destructions…
Past participle
doomed
e.g. doomed → sentenced, condemned, damned, decreed…

Choose the right word

Doom, Condemn or Doomed?

COFFIN Building the Nation ch. 10, p. 137. [H. '83.] To doom is to condemn solemnly and consign to evil or destruction or to predetermine to an evil destiny; an inferior race in presence of a superior is doomed to subjugation or extinction.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • destruction They found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
  • demise Rumours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  • downfall I realise that love has been my greatest downfall.
  • perdition You must read Teen Wolf and watch Road the Perdition.
  • fate Is Algeria heading towards the same fate as Syria?
  • destiny I acted to protect myself from a similar destiny.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
doomrising
destructionsteady
demiserising
downfallsteady
perditionrising
faterising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
end1, lot1, try1
4 letters
damn1, fate1, ruin2, exit2, deem1
5 letters
death1, judge1, weird1, curse1, orlay
6 letters
chance1, decree2, demise2, devote2, kismet2
7 letters
passing2, portion2, destiny3, verdict2, condemn2, appoint2, convict2, censure2, decease2, quietus, destine, adjudge2
8 letters
sentence2, judgment2, downfall2, sanction2, fatality4, doomsday2, penalize3, penalise, foredoom
9 letters
mortality4, judgement2, designate3, perdition, preordain3
10 letters
expiration4, predestiny, foreordain
11 letters
destruction3, destination4
12 letters
condemnation4
13 letters
preordination
14 letters
predestination5, foreordination

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).