Thesaurus:death
English
Noun
Sense: cessation of life of an organism
Synonyms
- death
- celestial transfer (slang)
- decease
- decomposition
- defunction (obsolete)
- dematerialization
- demise
- dirt nap (slang)
- doom
- exit (often euphemistic)
- expiration
- fatality
- liquidation
- mortality (figuratively)
- quietus
- repose
- sleep of the just (euphemistic, dated)
- sunset
- the big sleep
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Various
Sense: collapse or end of something
Synonyms
Antonyms
Various
Sense: figurative: cause of great exhaustion, worry, or the like
Synonyms
See also
Further reading
- “360. death” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “death” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.