Synonyms & related words for tragedy

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of tragedy — including disaster, catastrophe, calamity, cothurnus, cataclysm, misadventure. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to tragedy

Explore words related to tragedy — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include tragic, tragical, tragicomedy, tragicomic, tragedienne, melodramas, tragicomically, tragedian. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for tragedy

Common synonyms for tragedy include disaster, catastrophe, calamity, cothurnus, cataclysm, misadventure, mischance, misfortune — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does tragedy come from?

The word tragedy breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: trag-, from Greek tragos (“goat”); and -edy, from Greek oide (“song”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.