Antonyms for coffin
ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪncof·fin

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1. coffinnoun

   Synonyms:
   casket, encoffin

2. coffinverb

   To place in a coffin.

   Synonyms:
   casket, encoffin

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 8 votes

1. coffin, casketverb

   box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

   Synonyms:
   casket, jewel casket

2. coffinverb

   place into a coffin

   "her body was coffined"

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1. coffinnoun

   Synonyms:
   casket

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. coffin

   Synonyms:
   Casket

How to use coffin in a sentence?

1. Joe Biden:

   I think you're going to see a significant change in the politics of the country, and I think lot of it had to do with the way in which the administration has treated people, i think the nail that maybe have put in the coffin this time was the way in which the administration responded to John McCain death, and the way it came across as being so nakedly... almost un-American. It was just raw. It wasn't -- it's not who we are.

2. Jo Swabe:

   I really do hope that will put the final nail in the coffin.

3. John A. Rassias:

   Language study is a route to maturity. Indeed, in language study as in life, if a person is the same today as he was yesterday, it would be an act of mercy to pronounce him dead and to place him in a coffin, rather than in a classroom.

4. Nick Sandow:

   The film depicts the early 1990s. The Gotti trial was the last straw in the coffin, it was the end of an era and he was trying to hold on to this idea of something that really wasn't there anymore.

5. Jane Gregory:

   It was just something I had to see and experience -- it's part of history, i came on Monday too, to view the coffin -- it was a great experience. I queued for two and a half hours and it was worth every minute.

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