Synonyms for revelation
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Noun
1. Disclosure
Other
apocalypse, betrayal, manifestation, inspiration, exposition, showing, oracle, disillusion, exposure, discovery dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of revealing or disclosing.
The revelation of the culprits' identities was cathartic for the populace.
Related words
- Word family
- reveal revealing revealingness revelative revelator revelatory
Forms
- Plural
- revelations → disclosures, revealings, apocalypses, betrayals…
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The Apocalypse unveils the future, as if to the very gaze of the seer; the whole gospel is a disclosure of the mercy of God; the character of Christ is a manifestation of the divine holiness and love; all Scripture is a revelation of the divine will.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- disclosure William was surprised by Sandra's disclosure.
- revealing She complained that the picture was too revealing.
- inspiration Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
- apocalypse The Quran gives vivid descriptions of the Apocalypse.
- betrayal For years, Ziri couldn't get over Rima's betrayal.
- exposition A detective novel has more dialog than exposition.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| revelation | rising | |
| disclosure | steady | |
| revealing | rising | |
| inspiration | rising | |
| apocalypse | rising | |
| betrayal | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- oracle3
- 7 letters
- showing2
- 8 letters
- exposure3, betrayal3
- 9 letters
- discovery4, revealing3
- 10 letters
- disclosure3, apocalypse4, exposition4
- 11 letters
- inspiration4, disillusion4
- 13 letters
- manifestation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (oracle3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- révélation
- Español
- revelación
- Deutsch
- Enthüllung