Death definition

Death as a noun

1. the event of dying or departure from life

   "her death came as a terrible shock"

   Same sense: expiry, decease

2. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism

   "the animal died a painful death"

3. the absence of life or state of being dead

   "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"

4. the time when something ends

   "it was the death of all his plans"

   Same sense: dying, demise

5. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

   "she stayed until his death"

   Same sense: last

6. a final state

   Same sense: end, destruction

7. the act of killing

   "he had two deaths on his conscience"

Synonyms and antonyms

• expiry
• decease
• dying
• demise
• last definition
• end definition
• destruction

Opposite: birth.

All synonyms of death, sense by sense

How to say death

Death has 1 syllable and rhymes with breath. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with death

• breath
• beth
• meth
• shibboleth
• heth
• megadeath
• daleth

DEATH in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

1

Is DEATH a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check DEATH in the word checker, or unscramble DEATH to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.