Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
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Oblivion
/əˈblɪviːən/
Synonyms for "oblivion" (108 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
abandonabsentmindednessanonymityblacknessblackoutblank mindblankmindednessblanknesscalm of mindcareless abandoncarelessnesscasualnesscatalepsycatatoniacatatonycomacursorinessdarknessdecay of memorydisregard
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Noun(1 words)
ceases to exist
Strong matches (32)
easinessemptiness of mindempty-headednessextinctionfaintfallow mindfatuityfoolishnessforgetfulnessforgettingforgivenessgrayouthastinesshazy recollectionheedlessnessinanityinconsideratenessinconsiderationindifferenceinsensibility
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Noun(5 words)
Related words (54)
lethelimbolipothymialipothymymental blanknessnepenthenihilitynirvananirvana principlenothingnessobliterationobliviousnessobscurityoffhandednesspassivityperfunctorinessquietismrecklessnessregardlessnesssemiconsciousness
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Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
6 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriescollective oblivioncultural oblivionfall into oblivionhistorical oblivioninto oblivionpublic oblivion
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 33 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- harresë noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λήθη noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Arabic
1 entries- نِسْيَان noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Bulgarian
1 entries- забраванство noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Catalan
1 entries- oblit noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Czech
1 entries- zapomnění noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Danish
1 entries- glemsel noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Dutch
1 entries- vergeetachtigheid noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Esperanto
1 entries- nekonscio noun (state of permanent unconsciousness after death)
Finnish
3 entries- hajamielisyys noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- olemattomuus noun (state of permanent unconsciousness after death)
- unohtelu noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
French
1 entries- oubli noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Galician
1 entries- esquecemento noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Georgian
1 entries- გულმავიწყობა noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
German
1 entries- Vergessen noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Greek
2 entries- λήθη noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- λησμονιά noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Hebrew
1 entries- שִׁכְחָה noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Hungarian
1 entries- feledés noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Ido
1 entries- oblivieso noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Italian
4 entries- dimenticanza noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- oblio noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- scordamento noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- smemorataggine noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Latin
1 entries- oblīviō noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Latvian
2 entries- aizmirstība noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- aizmirsība noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Macedonian
1 entries- заборав noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Middle English
1 entries- oblivion noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- glemsel noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gløymsle noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Polish
1 entries- nieświadomość noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Portuguese
3 entries- esquecimento noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- oblívio noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- olvido noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Russian
2 entries- забытье́ noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- забытьё noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Spanish
3 entries- desmemoria noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- olvidanza noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- olvido noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Tachawit
1 entries- itta noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Turkish
2 entries- nisyan noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- unutma noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Ukrainian
1 entries- забуття noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
Welsh
2 entries- angof noun (state of forgetfulness or distraction)
- ebargofiant noun (state of permanent unconsciousness after death)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I feel as if I've been thrown into oblivion.
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This cooking technique has passed into oblivion.
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Sometimes silence is not oblivion. Sometimes silence is only patience.
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Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.