Synonyms for death
Another word for death is expiry, decease or dying. Below are 7 synonyms and 30 related words across 7 senses, with antonyms.
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1. noun: the event of dying or departure from life
- expiry synonyms
- decease
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- birth synonyms
2. noun: the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
3. noun: the absence of life or state of being dead
4. noun: the time when something ends
- dying synonyms
- demise
Antonyms
- birth synonyms
5. noun: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
6. noun: a final state
- end synonyms
- destruction synonyms
7. noun: the act of killing
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- going synonyms
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- release synonyms
- human death
- loss synonyms
- passing synonyms
- exit synonyms
- departure synonyms
- modification synonyms
- expiration synonyms
- wrongful death
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- martyrdom
- fatality
- megadeath
- brain death
- cell death
- organic phenomenon
- cerebral death
- necrosis
- gangrene
- mortification
- necrobiosis
- sphacelus
- state synonyms
- rest synonyms
- sleep synonyms
- eternal rest
- eternal sleep
- infant death
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Questions people ask
What is another word for death?
You can say expiry, decease, dying, demise or last instead of death. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "the event of dying or departure from life".
What is the opposite of death?
The opposite of death is birth.
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