Meanings
plural judgement days · alternative US judgment day
- JudaismcapitalizedsometimesChristianityThe final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits.
But when I woke up this morning / I could have sworn it was judgement day
1982, Prince, “1999 [title]”, in 19991 more example
If God's a-coming, he ought to make it by then / Maybe he'll look around himself and say / “Guess it's time for the judgement day!”
1968, Zager and Evans, “In the Year 2525”Synonyms: apocalypse, Armageddon, day of judgment, doomsday, Final Judgment, final reckoning, Great Assize, Last Judgment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits.
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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic يَوْم الْحِسَاب, يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَة
- يَوْم الْحِسَاب (yawm al-ḥisāb)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَة (yawmu l-qiyāma)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- يَوْمُ الدِّين (yawmu d-dīn)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Bulgarian стра́шен съд, съ́ден ден
- стра́шен съд (strášen săd)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- съ́ден ден (sắden den)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Chinese Mandarin 審判日 /审判日
- 審判日 /审判日 (shěnpànrì)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Czech poslední soud, soudný den
- poslední soudfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- soudný denfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Danish dommedag
- dommedagfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Dutch dag des oordeels
- dag des oordeelsfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Finnish tuomiopäivä
- tuomiopäiväfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
French jour du jugement, jugement dernier
- jour du jugementfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- jugement dernierfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
German Jüngster Tag, Jüngstes Gericht
- Jüngster Tagfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- Jüngstes Gerichtfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- Tag des Jüngsten Gerichtsfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- Tag der Auferstehungfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Greek ημέρα της κρίσης
- ημέρα της κρίσης (iméra tis krísis)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Hungarian végítélet, utolsó ítélet
- végítéletfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- utolsó ítéletfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Indonesian hari kiamat, yaumuddin
- hari kiamatfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- yaumuddinfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Irish Lá an Bhreithiúnais
- Lá an Bhreithiúnaisfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Italian giorno del giudizio universale
- giorno del giudizio universalefinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Japanese 最後の審判
- 最後の審判 (saigo no shinpan)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Korean 최후의 심판
- 최후의 심판 (choehu-ui simpan)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Latvian Pastardiena
- Pastardienafinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Norwegian Bokmål dommedag, dommens dag
- dommedagfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- dommens dagfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Persian رستاخیز, روز حساب
- رستاخیز (rastâxiz)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- روز حساب (ruz-e hesâb)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Polish dzień sądu, sąd ostateczny
- dzień sądufinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- sąd ostatecznyfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Portuguese dia do Juízo Final
- dia do Juízo Finalfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Russian су́дный день, стра́шный суд
- су́дный день (súdnyj denʹ)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- стра́шный суд (strášnyj sud)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Slovak posledný súd, súdny deň
- posledný súdfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- súdny deňfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Spanish día del Juicio Final
- día del Juicio Finalfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Swedish domedag
- domedagfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Tagalog Araw ng Paghuhukom
- Araw ng Paghuhukomfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Thai วันแห่งการพิพากษา
- วันแห่งการพิพากษา (wan-hɛ̀ng-gaan-pí-pâak-sǎa)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Turkish hesap günü, kıyamet
- hesap günüfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- kıyametfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- kıyamet günüfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- mahşer günüfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Ukrainian су́дний день, страшни́й суд
- су́дний день (súdnyj denʹ)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
- страшни́й суд (strašnýj sud)final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Welsh dydd y farn
- dydd y farnfinal trial of all humankind at the end of the world
Cite this entry
judgement day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/judgement%20day
“judgement day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/judgement%20day. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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