kicks the bucket

The phrase “kicks the bucket” has 3 syllables: kicks the bucket

It's pronounced as /kɪks ðə ˈbʌkɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for kicks the bucket?

In the thesaurus, “kicks the bucket” has 33 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for kicks the bucket

  • bites the dust
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • checks out
  • consumes
  • croaks
  • deceases
  • demises
  • departs
  • dies
  • disappears
  • dries up
  • drops
  • ends
  • exits
  • expires
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls
  • flatlines
  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • kicks in
  • kicks off
  • parts
  • passes away
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • pops off
  • predeceases
  • snuffs it
  • steps out
  • succumbs

Antonyms for kicks the bucket

  • breathes
  • comes to
  • exists
  • flourishes
  • is
  • lingers
  • lives
  • prospers
  • revives
  • subsists
  • thrives

Example Sentences

  • The old refrigerator finally kicks the bucket, leaving us without cold drinks in the summer heat.
  • I always worry that my phone will kicks the bucket just as I'm about to receive an important call.
  • The aging actor joked that he hoped to still be performing when he eventually kicks the bucket.
  • We should probably replace the worn-out tires before they unexpectedly kicks the bucket on the highway.
  • The ancient tree in our backyard finally kicks the bucket, but its memory will live on in the stories we tell.

On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kicks the bucket, such as: bites the dust, breathes, buys it, buys the farm, checks out, comes to, consumes.

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

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falls

  • abates
  • alleviates
  • angles
  • avalanche
  • backslides
  • bites the dust
  • bombs
  • bows
  • bows out
  • breaches
  • breaks
  • breaks the law
  • buckles
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • cants
  • capitulates
  • cascade
  • cataract
  • checks out
  • chute
  • cocks
  • collapses
  • compresses
  • concedes
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • consumes
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  • crashes
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  • croaks
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  • de-escalates
  • deceases
  • declines
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  • deflates
  • deluge
  • demises
  • departs
  • descends
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  • downrush
  • dries up
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  • ends
  • errs
  • evaporates
  • exits
  • expires
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls away
  • falls from grace
  • falters
  • flags
  • flatlines
  • flood
  • flops
  • flume
  • flumps
  • flunks
  • folds
  • force
  • forfeits
  • founders
  • fountain
  • free-falls
  • gives out
  • gives up
  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • hands over
  • heels
  • inclines
  • infringes
  • keels
  • kicks in
  • kicks off
  • kicks the bucket
  • knuckles under
  • lapses
  • leans
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • lists
  • loses
  • lowers
  • messes up
  • misses
  • moderates
  • nose-dives
  • offends
  • outpouring
  • palls
  • parts
  • passes away
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • phases down
  • plonks
  • plops
  • plummets
  • plunges
  • plunks
  • pops off
  • precipitates
  • precipitation
  • predeceases
  • rapids
  • recedes
  • reclines
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • relinquishes
  • remits
  • retreats
  • shoot
  • shower
  • shrinks
  • shute
  • sinks
  • sins
  • skids
  • slackens
  • slants
  • slides
  • slips
  • slopes
  • snuffs it
  • spout
  • steps out
  • strays
  • strikes out
  • stumbles
  • submits
  • subsides
  • succumbs
  • surrenders
  • takes the count
  • tanks
  • tapers
  • tapers off
  • throws
  • tilts
  • tips
  • topples
  • torrent
  • transgresses
  • trespasses
  • trips
  • tumbles
  • vanishes
  • violates
  • wanders
  • wanes
  • washes out
  • watercourse
  • waterfall
  • weakens
  • white water
  • wipes out

kicks off

  • adopts
  • begins
  • bites the dust
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • checks out
  • commences
  • consumes
  • creates
  • croaks
  • deceases
  • demises
  • departs
  • dies
  • disappears
  • dries up
  • drops
  • embraces
  • ends
  • establishes
  • exits
  • expires
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls
  • fathers
  • flatlines
  • founds
  • generates
  • gets going
  • gets off
  • gets to
  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • inaugurates
  • initiates
  • innovates
  • institutes
  • invents
  • kicks in
  • kicks the bucket
  • launches
  • leads off
  • opens
  • organizes
  • originates
  • parts
  • passes away
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • pioneers
  • pops off
  • predeceases
  • sets about
  • sets up
  • snuffs it
  • spawns
  • starts
  • steps out
  • succumbs
  • takes on
  • takes up

deceases

  • annihilations
  • assassinations
  • bites the dust
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • casualties
  • checks out
  • consumes
  • croaks
  • curtains
  • deaths
  • demises
  • departs
  • destructions
  • dies
  • disappears
  • dissolutions
  • dooms
  • dries up
  • drops
  • endings
  • ends
  • executions
  • exits
  • expirations
  • expires
  • expiries
  • exterminations
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls
  • fatalities
  • fates
  • flatlines
  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • graves
  • great divides
  • kicks in
  • kicks off
  • kicks the bucket
  • killings
  • martyrdoms
  • massacres
  • parts
  • passages
  • passes away
  • passings
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • pops off
  • predeceases
  • quietuses
  • ruins
  • self-destructions
  • self-murders
  • self-slaughters
  • slaughters
  • sleeps
  • snuffs it
  • steps out
  • succumbs
  • suicides

kicks in

  • affords
  • ante up
  • awards
  • bestows
  • bites the dust
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • checks out
  • chip in
  • chips in
  • commit
  • confers
  • consumes
  • contributes
  • croaks
  • deceases
  • demises
  • departs
  • dies
  • disappears
  • dish out
  • dole out
  • donate
  • donates
  • dries up
  • drops
  • endows
  • ends
  • exits
  • expires
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls
  • flatlines
  • fork over
  • furnish
  • furnishes
  • give
  • gives
  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • hand out
  • hand over
  • kicks off
  • kicks the bucket
  • parts
  • passes away
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • pitch in
  • pitches in
  • pony up
  • pops off
  • predeceases
  • presents
  • provide
  • provides
  • snuffs it
  • steps out
  • succumbs

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