end of the world

noun

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

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

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end timesends of the earthJudgment DayJudgement DayDay of JudgmentDay of JudgementDoomsdayLast Judgment
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Meanings

nounend of the world (plural ends of the world)

plural ends of the world · alternative attributive especially end-of-the-world

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

    Synonyms: end times

  2. The destruction of Earth.
  3. idiomaticAny change that seems catastrophic or devastating.

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

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

    Synonyms: ends of the earth

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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end times

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

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ends of the earth

More synonyms by meaning

noun(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

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Judgment DayJudgement DayDay of JudgmentDay of JudgementDoomsdayLast JudgmentLast JudgementLast Dayeschatonday of reckoningcrack of doom
Broader
day

nounan unpleasant or disastrous destiny

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doomdoomsdayday of reckoning
Broader
destinyfate
Also see
crack of doomday of judgementday of judgmentday of reckoningdoomdoomsdayends of the eartheschatonjudgement daylast daylast judgment

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic نِهَايَةُ الْعَالَم, الْقِيَامَة
  • نِهَايَةُ الْعَالَم (nihāyatu l-ʕālam)end of the world
  • الْقِيَامَة (al-qiyāma)end of the world
  • آخِرُ الزَّمَان (ʔāḵiru z-zamān)end of the world
Bulgarian край на све́та, край на све́та
  • край на све́та (kraj na svéta)end of the world
  • край на све́та (kraj na svéta)any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
Chinese Mandarin 世界末日, 末日
  • 世界末日 (shìjiè mòrì)end of the world
  • 末日 (mòrì)end of the world
Czech konec světa
  • konec světaend of the world
Danish verdens ende
  • verdens endeend of the world
Dutch eindtijd, einde der tijden
  • eindtijdend of the world
  • einde der tijdenend of the world
  • einde van de wereldend of the world
Esperanto finiĝo de la mondo
  • finiĝo de la mondoend of the world
Estonian maailmalõpp
  • maailmalõppend of the world
Finnish maailmanloppu, maailmanloppu
  • maailmanloppuend of the world
  • maailmanloppuany change that seems catastrophic or devastating
French fin du monde, mort d'homme
  • fin du mondeend of the world
  • mort d'hommeany change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • fin du mondeany change that seems catastrophic or devastating
German Ende der Welt, Weltende
  • Ende der Weltend of the world
  • Weltendeend of the world
  • Weltuntergangend of the world
  • Endzeitend of the world
  • Weltuntergangany change that seems catastrophic or devastating
Greek τέλος του κόσμου
  • τέλος του κόσμου (télos tou kósmou)end of the world
Hindi दुनिया का अंत, प्रलय
  • दुनिया का अंत (duniyā kā ant)end of the world
  • प्रलय (pralay)end of the world
  • क़यामत (qayāmat)end of the world
Hungarian világvége
  • világvégeend of the world
Icelandic heimsendir, heimsendi
  • heimsendirend of the world
  • heimsendiend of the world
Indonesian akhir zaman, kiamat
  • akhir zamanend of the world
  • kiamatend of the world
Italian fine del mondo
  • fine del mondoend of the world
Japanese 世界の終り, 世界の果て
  • 世界の終り (sekai no owari)end of the world
  • 世界の果てend of the world
  • 末つ方 (suetsukata)end of the world
Korean 말세, 세계의 끝
  • 말세 (malse)end of the world
  • 세계의 끝 (segye-ui kkeut)end of the world
  • 말세 (malse)any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
Latvian laika beigas
  • laika beigasend of the world
Malay akhir zaman, kiamat
  • akhir zamanend of the world
  • kiamatend of the world
Norwegian Bokmål verdens ende
  • verdens endeend of the world
Polish koniec świata, koniec świata
  • koniec świataend of the world
  • koniec świataany change that seems catastrophic or devastating
Portuguese fim do mundo
  • fim do mundoend of the world
Romanian sfârșitul lumii
  • sfârșitul lumiiend of the world
Russian коне́ц све́та, коне́ц ми́ра
  • коне́ц све́та (konéc svéta)end of the world
  • коне́ц ми́ра (konéc míra)end of the world
  • коне́ц све́та (konéc svéta)any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
Slovak koniec sveta, koniec sveta
  • koniec svetaend of the world
  • koniec svetaany change that seems catastrophic or devastating
Spanish fin del mundo, fin del mundo
  • fin del mundoend of the world
  • fin del mundoany change that seems catastrophic or devastating
Swedish jordens undergång, jordens undergång
  • jordens undergångend of the world
  • jordens undergångany change that seems catastrophic or devastating
  • hela världenany change that seems catastrophic or devastating
Tagalog katapusan ng mundo
  • katapusan ng mundoend of the world
Turkish dünyanın sonu, kıyamet
  • dünyanın sonuend of the world
  • kıyametend of the world
  • ahir zamanend of the world
  • dünyanın sonuany change that seems catastrophic or devastating
Ukrainian кіне́ць сві́ту, кіне́ць сві́ту
  • кіне́ць сві́ту (kinécʹ svítu)end of the world
  • кіне́ць сві́ту (kinécʹ svítu)any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
Urdu آخِرُ الزَّمان, قَیامَت
  • آخِرُ الزَّمان (āxiru z-zamān)end of the world
  • قَیامَت (qayāmat)end of the world
Vietnamese tận thế
  • tận thếend of the world
Cite this entry
APA

end of the world. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/end%20of%20the%20world

MLA

“end of the world.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/end%20of%20the%20world. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “end of the world,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/end%20of%20the%20world.

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