Epiphany | The Word for That Sudden Moment of Clarity · B2 Upper-Int

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]I never understood why I stayed. And then it hit me, an epiphany. Everything became clear all at once. That was my epiphany. Epiphany. It means a sudden moment when you clearly understand something for the first time.

[00:00:14]Similar words are revelation, insight, and realization. Use epiphany when a big truth suddenly becomes clear.

[00:00:21]She had an epiphany while washing dishes. She knew what to do. Reading that book gave him a life-changing epiphany.

[00:00:28]From Greek. Epi means on. Phan means appear. Something suddenly appears on your mind. That is an epiphany.