Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun revelation
4 senses of revelation
Sense 1
disclosure, revelation, revealing -- (the speech act of making something evident)
=> speech act -- (the use of language to perform some act)
Sense 2
revelation -- (an enlightening or astonishing disclosure)
=> insight, brainstorm, brainwave -- (the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation)
Sense 3
revelation, divine revelation -- (communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency)
=> informing, making known -- (a speech act that conveys information)
Sense 4
Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation -- (the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle)
INSTANCE OF=> book -- (a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah")