disaster

/dɪzˈæstɚ/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
   “lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system”
2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
   “the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity”
3. an act that has disastrous consequences

Synonyms for disaster

• catastrophe
• calamity
• tragedy
• cataclysm

Words that rhyme with disaster

• master
• plaster
• castor
• alabaster
• caster
• schoolmaster
• aster
• broadcaster
• paster
• pastor
• blaster
• burgomaster
• faster
• forecaster
• grandmaster
• headmaster
• newscaster
• oleaster
• pilaster
• postmaster
• quartermaster
• raster
• ringmaster
• scoutmaster
• sportscaster
• taskmaster
• toastmaster
• webmaster
• buckmaster
• burgmaster