kicked the bucket

The phrase “kicked the bucket” has 4 syllables: kicked the buck-et

It's pronounced as /kɪkt ðə ˈbʌkɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for kicked the bucket?

In the thesaurus, “kicked the bucket” has 47 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kicked the bucket along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for kicked the bucket

  • asleep
  • bit the dust
  • bought it
  • bought the farm
  • checked out
  • cold
  • consumed
  • croaked
  • deceased
  • defunct
  • demised
  • departed
  • died
  • disappeared
  • dried up
  • dropped
  • ended
  • exanimate
  • exited
  • expired
  • extinct
  • faded
  • failed
  • fell
  • finished
  • flatlined
  • former
  • gave up the ghost
  • gone
  • inanimate
  • kicked in
  • kicked off
  • late
  • lifeless
  • lost
  • parted
  • passed away
  • passed on
  • pegged out
  • perished
  • popped off
  • predeceased
  • pushing up daisies
  • snuffed it
  • stepped out
  • succumbed
  • went

Antonyms for kicked the bucket

  • alive
  • born
  • breathed
  • came to
  • current
  • existed
  • existing
  • flourished
  • lingered
  • lived
  • lively
  • living
  • present
  • prospered
  • revived
  • subsisted
  • thrived
  • throve
  • was

Example Sentences

  • Despite his fear of flying, he finally kicked the bucket and booked a trip around the world.
  • The old car finally kicked the bucket after years of faithful service.
  • When the computer crashed, I thought it had kicked the bucket for good.
  • The old dog peacefully kicked the bucket in his sleep.
  • After years of battling illness, she bravely kicked the bucket surrounded by her loved ones.

On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kicked the bucket, such as: alive, asleep, bit the dust, born, bought it, bought the farm, breathed.

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

Related Words

kicked in

  • afforded
  • ante up
  • awarded
  • bestowed
  • bit the dust
  • bought it
  • bought the farm
  • checked out
  • chip in
  • chipped in
  • commit
  • conferred
  • consumed
  • contributed
  • croaked
  • deceased
  • demised
  • departed
  • died
  • disappeared
  • dish out
  • dole out
  • donate
  • donated
  • dried up
  • dropped
  • ended
  • endowed
  • exited
  • expired
  • faded
  • failed
  • fell
  • flatlined
  • fork over
  • furnish
  • furnished
  • gave
  • gave up the ghost
  • give
  • hand out
  • hand over
  • kicked off
  • kicked the bucket
  • parted
  • passed away
  • pegged out
  • perished
  • pitch in
  • pitched in
  • pony up
  • popped off
  • predeceased
  • presented
  • provide
  • provided
  • snuffed it
  • stepped out
  • succumbed
  • went

gave up the ghost

  • asleep
  • bit the dust
  • bought it
  • bought the farm
  • checked out
  • cold
  • consumed
  • croaked
  • deceased
  • defunct
  • demised
  • departed
  • died
  • disappeared
  • dried up
  • dropped
  • ended
  • exanimate
  • exited
  • expired
  • extinct
  • faded
  • failed
  • fell
  • finished
  • flatlined
  • former
  • gone
  • inanimate
  • kicked in
  • kicked off
  • kicked the bucket
  • late
  • lifeless
  • lost
  • parted
  • passed away
  • passed on
  • pegged out
  • perished
  • popped off
  • predeceased
  • pushing up daisies
  • snuffed it
  • stepped out
  • succumbed
  • went

fallen

  • abated
  • alleviated
  • angled
  • asleep
  • backslid
  • backslidden
  • bitten the dust
  • bombed
  • bought it
  • bought the farm
  • bowed
  • bowed out
  • breached
  • breathless
  • broken
  • broken the law
  • buckled
  • canted
  • capitulated
  • casualty
  • checked out
  • cocked
  • cold
  • collapsed
  • compressed
  • conceded
  • condensed
  • constricted
  • consumed
  • contracted
  • crashed
  • cratered
  • croaked
  • crumpled
  • de-escalated
  • dead
  • decayed
  • deceased
  • declined
  • decreased
  • deflated
  • defunct
  • demised
  • departed
  • descended
  • died
  • diminished
  • dipped
  • disappeared
  • dishonored
  • dived
  • dove
  • dried up
  • drooped
  • dropped
  • dwindled
  • dying
  • eased
  • ebbed
  • ended
  • erred
  • evaporated
  • exited
  • expired
  • extinct
  • faded
  • fading
  • failed
  • fallen away
  • fallen from grace
  • faltered
  • finished
  • flagged
  • flatlined
  • flopped
  • flumped
  • flunked
  • folded
  • forfeited
  • foundered
  • free-fell
  • given out
  • given up
  • given up the ghost
  • gone
  • handed over
  • heeled
  • immoral
  • inanimate
  • inclined
  • infringed
  • insensate
  • keeled
  • kicked in
  • kicked off
  • kicked the bucket
  • killed
  • knuckled under
  • lapsed
  • late
  • leaned
  • lessened
  • let up
  • lifeless
  • listed
  • loose
  • lost
  • low
  • lowered
  • messed up
  • missed
  • moderated
  • moribund
  • nonliving
  • nose-dived
  • offended
  • palled
  • parted
  • passed away
  • pegged out
  • perished
  • phased down
  • plonked
  • plopped
  • plummeted
  • plunged
  • plunked
  • popped off
  • precipitated
  • predeceased
  • receded
  • reclined
  • relaxed
  • relented
  • relinquished
  • remitted
  • retreated
  • ruinous
  • shaken
  • shamed
  • shrunk
  • shrunken
  • sinful
  • sinned
  • skidded
  • slackened
  • slain
  • slanted
  • slaughtered
  • slid
  • slipped
  • sloped
  • snuffed it
  • stepped out
  • stillborn
  • strayed
  • stricken out
  • struck out
  • stumbled
  • submitted
  • subsided
  • succumbed
  • sunk
  • surrendered
  • taken the count
  • tanked
  • tapered
  • tapered off
  • terminated
  • thrown
  • tilted
  • tipped
  • toppled
  • transgressed
  • trespassed
  • tripped
  • tumbled
  • unchaste
  • vanished
  • violated
  • wandered
  • waned
  • washed out
  • weakened
  • wiped out

deceased

  • ashes
  • asleep
  • bit the dust
  • bitten the dust
  • body
  • bones
  • bought it
  • bought the farm
  • breathless
  • cadaver
  • carcass
  • carnage
  • carrion
  • checked out
  • cold
  • consumed
  • corpse
  • corpus
  • corse
  • croaked
  • dead
  • dead body
  • decedent
  • defunct
  • demised
  • departed
  • died
  • disappeared
  • dried up
  • dropped
  • dying
  • ended
  • exanimate
  • exited
  • expired
  • extinct
  • faded
  • fading
  • failed
  • fallen
  • fell
  • finished
  • flatlined
  • former
  • gave up the ghost
  • gone
  • inanimate
  • insensate
  • kicked in
  • kicked off
  • kicked the bucket
  • lapsed
  • late
  • lifeless
  • lost
  • low
  • moribund
  • mummy
  • nonliving
  • parted
  • passed away
  • passed on
  • pegged out
  • perished
  • popped off
  • predeceased
  • pushing up daisies
  • relics
  • remains
  • snuffed it
  • stepped out
  • stiff
  • stillborn
  • succumbed
  • terminated
  • went

kicked off

  • adopted
  • began
  • bit the dust
  • bought it
  • bought the farm
  • checked out
  • commenced
  • consumed
  • created
  • croaked
  • deceased
  • demised
  • departed
  • died
  • disappeared
  • dried up
  • dropped
  • embraced
  • ended
  • established
  • exited
  • expired
  • faded
  • failed
  • fathered
  • fell
  • flatlined
  • founded
  • gave up the ghost
  • generated
  • got going
  • got off
  • got to
  • inaugurated
  • initiated
  • innovated
  • instituted
  • invented
  • kicked in
  • kicked the bucket
  • launched
  • led off
  • opened
  • organized
  • originated
  • parted
  • passed away
  • pegged out
  • perished
  • pioneered
  • popped off
  • predeceased
  • set about
  • set up
  • snuffed it
  • spawned
  • started
  • stepped out
  • succumbed
  • took on
  • took up
  • went

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