Synonyms for DEATH
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1. Deathnoun

   Synonyms:
   Grim Reaper

2. deathnoun

   The personification of death.

   The death of my grandmother saddened the whole family.

   Synonyms:
   Grim Reaper

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1. death

   Synonyms:
   departure, demise, decease, dissolution, mortality, fall, failure, termination, cessation, expiration, release, exit

   Antonyms:
   birth, rise, life, growth, vigor, animation, spirit, activity, operation, action, commencement, vitality, auspices, inauguration

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1. death, decease, expirynoun

   the event of dying or departure from life

   "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"

   Synonyms:
   decease, expiry, end, death, termination, expiration, destruction, dying, last, demise

   Antonyms:
   nativity, birth, nascence, nascency

2. deathnoun

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

   "the animal died a painful death"

   Synonyms:
   end, destruction, demise, decease, expiry, dying, last

   Antonyms:
   nativity, birth, nascency, nascence

3. deathnoun

   the absence of life or state of being dead

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

   Synonyms:
   end, destruction, demise, decease, expiry, dying, last

   Antonyms:
   birth, nativity, nascence, nascency

4. death, dying, demisenoun

   the time when something ends

   "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

   Synonyms:
   decease, expiry, end, death, destruction, dying, last, demise

   Antonyms:
   nascence, nascency, nativity, birth

5. death, lastnoun

   the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

   "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"

   Synonyms:
   cobbler's last, shoemaker's last, last, conclusion, finish, expiry, end, death, destruction, finis, stopping point, demise, dying, close, final stage, decease, finale

   Antonyms:
   nativity, birth, nascence, nascency

6. Deathnoun

   the personification of death

   "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"

   Synonyms:
   end, destruction, demise, decease, expiry, dying, last

   Antonyms:
   nascence, nascency, birth, nativity

7. end, destruction, deathnoun

   a final state

   "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

   Synonyms:
   goal, remainder, devastation, terminal, last, expiry, conclusion, end, ending, death, demolition, demise, wipeout, dying, remnant, closing, destruction, close, final stage, oddment, decease

   Antonyms:
   nascence, nascency, birth, nativity

8. deathnoun

   the act of killing

   "he had two deaths on his conscience"

   Synonyms:
   end, destruction, demise, decease, expiry, dying, last

   Antonyms:
   birth, nativity, nascence, nascency

Matched Categories

1. • Imaginary Being
   • Killing
   • Organic Phenomenon
   • State

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1. deathnoun

   Synonyms:
   decease, demise, dying, dissolution, departure, exit, end of life, king of terrors, debt of nature

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1. deathnoun

   Synonyms:
   decease, demise, dissolution, dying, mortality, expiration, quietus, mort, obit, extinction, euthanasia (an easy death)

   Associated words:
   eschatology, thanatology, thanatopsis, necrology, thanatophobia, necrophobia, necrolatry, requiem, necromancy, posthumous, post-mortem, ante-mortem, euthanasian, dirge, crossbones, placebo, in extremis, decedent, funeral, obit, obitual, necrologist, fatality, fatal, casualty

2. deathnoun

   Associated words:
   mortuary, rigor mortis

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1. List of paraphrases for "death":

   dead, deaths, penalty, mortality, died, killed, die, killing, muerte, dies, fatalities, capital, punishment, demise, mort, dying, passing, tod, sentence, fatality, decease, murder, executions, execution, bereavement

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DEATH

   Synonyms:
   Dying Experiences At The Hitchcock (Medical Center, Dartmouth)

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1. Danielle Foltz:

   How do you find the words to describe the most horrific event in your life, your personal valley of the shadow of death ? because that is exactly the feeling that clamps your heart when you are at a place where the medication needed to rescue your child is out of reach.

2. Moni Basu -LRB- @mbasucnn -RRB-:

   I'm 5 feet tall and 100 pounds, i can not wait for a cop to come save me when I am threatened with rape or death.

3. Prosecutor Hochhalter:

   But we believe we have the factual evidence to suggest that this offense involved conduct that created a risk of serious bodily injury or death, and that's evidenced by the fact that at least one person did commit suicide.

4. Dianne Feinstein:

   This is not only the definition of tragedy, it's the special circumstance called for by the death penalty law.

5. Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat:

   Gangs of criminals are putting people on a boat, sometimes even at gunpoint, they're putting them on the road to death, really, and nothing else.