death

The word “death” has 1 syllable: death.

It's pronounced as /dɛθ/.


What is synonym and antonym for death?

In the thesaurus, “death” has 18 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for death along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for death

  • dead
  • deadness
  • decease
  • demise
  • destruction
  • dissolution
  • doom
  • downfall
  • dying
  • expiration
  • fate
  • kiss of death
  • loss of life
  • massacre
  • mortality
  • passing
  • slaughter
  • termination

Antonyms for death

  • alpha
  • beginning
  • birth
  • commencement
  • creation
  • dawn
  • existence
  • genesis
  • inception
  • launch
  • life
  • morning
  • nativity
  • onset
  • outset
  • start

Meanings of death

  • noun
    1. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
    2. (often capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. The pronoun he is not the only option, but probably the most traditional one, as it matches with the male grammatical gender of Old English dēaþ, also with cognate German der Tod. The fourth apocalyptic rider (Bible, revelations 6:8) is male θᾰ́νᾰτος (thanatos) in Greek. It has the female name Mors in Latin, but is referred to with male forms qui and eum. The following quotes show this rider on a pale horse is his in the English Bible and she in Peter Gabriel's lyrics.
    3. (the death) The collapse or end of something.
    4. Spiritual lifelessness.

Example Sentences

  • The death of the protagonist in the novel was a turning point in the story.
  • The community came together to mourn the death of a beloved leader.
  • The documentary explored the impact of death on different cultures around the world.
  • She struggled to cope with the death of her pet, which had been a loyal companion for years.
  • The sudden death of the inventor shocked everyone who knew him.

On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to death, such as: alpha, beginning, birth, commencement, creation, dawn, dead.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

dead

  • absolute
  • absolutely
  • all
  • asleep
  • barren
  • beaten
  • bland
  • bleak
  • boring
  • buried
  • complete
  • completely
  • crashing
  • damn
  • damned
  • deadly
  • deadness
  • death
  • deceased
  • definite
  • defunct
  • desolate
  • done
  • doomed
  • dormant
  • drained
  • dying
  • entire
  • entirely
  • even
  • exactly
  • exhausted
  • extinct
  • fallen
  • fast
  • finished
  • flat
  • fully
  • gone
  • grave
  • idle
  • impoverished
  • inoperative
  • insensitive
  • insipid
  • late
  • lifeless
  • low
  • mortal
  • mortality
  • nonfunctional
  • nonfunctioning
  • numb
  • numbed
  • off
  • out
  • outright
  • perfect
  • perfectly
  • plain
  • poor
  • pure
  • quite
  • real
  • right
  • ruined
  • sheer
  • simple
  • slow
  • spectral
  • spiritless
  • straight
  • sunk
  • tasteless
  • thin
  • thoroughly
  • tired
  • total
  • totally
  • unalive
  • unanimated
  • unconditional
  • unfeeling
  • uninteresting
  • unresponsive
  • unused
  • utter
  • utterly
  • vacant
  • vanished
  • vapid
  • very
  • waste
  • weak
  • weary
  • well
  • wholly
  • wide
  • wooden

deadly

  • absolute
  • badly
  • bloody
  • carcinogenic
  • complete
  • cruel
  • damn
  • damned
  • dangerous
  • dead
  • deathly
  • definite
  • desperately
  • destructive
  • dreadful
  • extremely
  • far
  • fatal
  • ghastly
  • harmful
  • highly
  • incredibly
  • intensely
  • jolly
  • lethal
  • malignant
  • mortal
  • most
  • murderous
  • noxious
  • outright
  • perfect
  • pernicious
  • poisonous
  • profound
  • pure
  • really
  • savage
  • seriously
  • severely
  • sheer
  • simple
  • so
  • spectral
  • suicidal
  • super
  • terribly
  • that
  • too
  • total
  • toxic
  • unconditional
  • utter
  • very
  • violent
  • virulent
  • wildly

deadness

  • apathy
  • banality
  • boredom
  • dead
  • death
  • ennui
  • grave
  • laziness
  • mortality
  • paralysis
  • passivity
  • sluggishness

deaths

  • curses
  • demises
  • destructions
  • downfalls
  • fates
  • kisses of death
  • massacres
  • passings
  • ruins
  • slaughters
  • terminations
  • undoings

quietus

  • death
  • decease
  • demise
  • discharge
  • doom
  • dying
  • fate
  • passing
  • release

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