killed

The word “killed” has 1 syllable: killed

It's pronounced as /kɪld/


What is synonym and antonym for killed?

In the thesaurus, “killed” has 206 synonyms and 73 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for killed

  • abbreviated
  • abolished
  • allured
  • annihilated
  • arrested
  • assassinated
  • beckoned
  • beguiled
  • beheaded
  • bewitched
  • blackballed
  • blacked out
  • blacklisted
  • blasted
  • bleeped
  • blighted
  • blipped
  • blotted out
  • blue-penciled
  • bowdlerized
  • braked
  • broke
  • broken
  • bumped off
  • burned out
  • burnt out
  • bust
  • busted
  • butchered
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • captivated
  • carried off
  • casualty
  • censored
  • charmed
  • chocked
  • claimed
  • clipped
  • consumed
  • courted
  • croaked
  • cropped
  • crucified
  • cut
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • deactivated
  • dead
  • death toll
  • debilitated
  • decimated
  • declined
  • deled
  • deleted
  • delighted
  • demolished
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • did away with
  • did for
  • did in
  • did up
  • disallowed
  • disapproved
  • disarmed
  • disintegrated
  • dismantled
  • dismissed
  • dispatched
  • done for
  • downed
  • drained
  • drew
  • drew up
  • effaced
  • electrocuted
  • elided
  • enchanted
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • enraptured
  • enthralled
  • enticed
  • entranced
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • euthanatized
  • euthanized
  • excised
  • executed
  • exhausted
  • expunged
  • expurgated
  • fagged
  • fascinated
  • fatality
  • fatigued
  • felled
  • finished
  • frazzled
  • fried
  • garroted
  • gassed
  • got
  • gratified
  • guillotined
  • gutted
  • halted
  • hanged
  • harassed
  • iced
  • in trouble
  • incinerated
  • injured
  • interested
  • intrigued
  • invited
  • jammed
  • killed off
  • knocked off
  • knocked out
  • laundered
  • loss
  • lost
  • lured
  • made away with
  • magnetized
  • martyred
  • massacred
  • missing
  • mothballed
  • mowed
  • murdered
  • negatived
  • neutralized
  • nixed
  • obliterated
  • offed
  • outwore
  • overwhelmed
  • perished
  • phased out
  • pleased
  • prey
  • pulled
  • put away
  • put down
  • ravaged
  • razed
  • red-penciled
  • redacted
  • refused
  • removed
  • repressed
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • sapped
  • scragged
  • seduced
  • shattered
  • shortened
  • shot
  • shot down
  • shut off
  • silenced
  • slain
  • slaughtered
  • slew
  • smashed
  • smote
  • snuffed
  • solicited
  • stalled
  • stuck
  • sufferer
  • suicided
  • sunk
  • suppressed
  • tempted
  • terminated
  • tired
  • took
  • took out
  • torn down
  • totaled
  • turned off
  • vetoed
  • washed out
  • washed-up
  • wasted
  • weakened
  • wearied
  • whacked
  • wiled
  • wiped out
  • wiped-out
  • witched
  • wooed
  • wore
  • wore out
  • wore to a frazzle
  • wounded
  • wrecked

Antonyms for killed

  • activated
  • actuated
  • admitted
  • allowed
  • animated
  • annoyed
  • approved
  • bored
  • charged
  • confirmed
  • discharged
  • disgusted
  • displeased
  • drove
  • elected
  • electrified
  • energized
  • fired
  • fixed
  • fueled
  • fuelled
  • generated
  • honorable
  • honored
  • intact
  • invigorated
  • irked
  • lauded
  • launched
  • moved
  • nurtured
  • offended
  • passed
  • powered
  • propelled
  • protected
  • pushed
  • raised
  • ran
  • ratified
  • reactivated
  • recharged
  • rejuvenated
  • relaxed
  • released
  • repaired
  • repelled
  • rested
  • restored
  • resurrected
  • resuscitated
  • revived
  • revolted
  • run
  • sanctioned
  • saved
  • set off
  • sober
  • sparked
  • started
  • stetted
  • strengthened
  • successful
  • supported
  • switched
  • tired
  • touched off
  • triggered
  • tripped
  • turned on
  • unwound
  • vitalized
  • wearied

Meanings of killed

  • verb
    1. To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
    2. To render inoperative.
    3. To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
    4. To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
    5. To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.
    6. To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
    7. To use up or to waste.
    8. To exert an overwhelming effect on.
    9. To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
    10. To force a company out of business.
    11. To produce intense pain.
    12. To punish severely.
    13. To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
    14. To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
    15. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
    16. To cause to assume the value zero.
    17. (IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
    18. To deadmelt.
  • adjective
    1. (of steel) deoxidized.

Example Sentences

  • The documentary revealed how the fire killed hundreds of animals in the forest.
  • She was devastated when the accident killed her beloved pet.
  • The hero in the story killed the dragon to save the village.
  • The heavy rain killed all the outdoor plans we had for the weekend.
  • He killed the engine and stepped out to enjoy the fresh air.

On this page you'll find 279 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to killed, such as: abbreviated, abolished, activated, actuated, admitted, allowed, allured.

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

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wasted

  • addicted
  • alcoholic
  • annihilated
  • assassinated
  • asthenic
  • atrophied
  • attenuated
  • baked
  • beat
  • beery
  • befuddled
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  • bibulous
  • blasted
  • bleary-eyed
  • blew
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  • blind
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  • boney
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  • did in
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  • dipsomaniacal
  • disabled
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  • dispatched
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  • dynamited
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  • faint
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  • high
  • hooked
  • hopped-up
  • hungry
  • hurt
  • impaired
  • impotent
  • impoverished
  • in the bag
  • incapacitated
  • indulged
  • inebriate
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  • infirm
  • injured
  • intoxicated
  • invalid
  • invalided
  • juiced
  • killed
  • killed off
  • laid out
  • laid up
  • lame
  • languid
  • lank
  • lanky
  • lavished
  • lean
  • licked
  • liquidated
  • lit
  • lit up
  • loaded
  • looped
  • looted
  • lost
  • low
  • made ducks and drakes of
  • mangled
  • marred
  • massacred
  • mastered
  • maudlin
  • misspent
  • murdered
  • mutilated
  • nuked
  • obliterated
  • oiled
  • on a trip
  • overbore
  • overcame
  • overindulged
  • overmatched
  • overspent
  • paralyzed
  • pickled
  • pie-eyed
  • pillaged
  • plastered
  • played ducks and drakes with
  • plundered
  • potted
  • powerless
  • prostrate
  • prostrated
  • pulled down
  • pulverized
  • ran through
  • ravaged
  • rawboned
  • razed
  • removed
  • resistless
  • ripped
  • rocky
  • routed
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • sapped
  • scotched
  • scoured
  • scraggy
  • scrawny
  • shattered
  • shot
  • shriveled
  • shrivelled
  • sinewy
  • skeletal
  • skin and bones
  • skinny
  • skunked
  • slaughtered
  • slew
  • slight
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  • smashed
  • soft
  • softened
  • sottish
  • soused
  • sozzled
  • spaced
  • spaced out
  • spaced-out
  • spare
  • spent
  • splurged
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • squandered
  • squiffed
  • squiffy
  • starved
  • starving
  • stewed
  • stiff
  • stinking
  • stoned
  • strung out
  • strung-out
  • stupefied
  • subdued
  • surmounted
  • susceptible
  • tanked
  • tender
  • thin
  • thrashed
  • three sheets in the wind
  • three sheets to the wind
  • threw away
  • tiddly
  • tight
  • tipsy
  • tired
  • took down
  • took out
  • tore down
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • trampled
  • trashed
  • trimmed
  • tripping
  • trounced
  • unbuilt
  • under the influence
  • under the weather
  • underfed
  • undernourished
  • undid
  • unmade
  • unmanned
  • unresistant
  • unsound
  • unsteady
  • unsubstantial
  • vandalized
  • vaporized
  • vitiated
  • vulnerable
  • walloped
  • washed out
  • weak
  • weakened
  • weary
  • wet
  • whipped
  • wimpish
  • wimpy
  • wiped out
  • withered
  • wizened
  • woozy
  • wore down
  • wore out
  • worn-out
  • wracked
  • wrecked
  • yielding
  • zapped
  • zonked
  • zonked-out

ultraefficient

  • accomplished
  • active
  • adept
  • adequate
  • applicable
  • capable
  • cogent
  • competent
  • consummate
  • convincing
  • dynamic
  • effective
  • effectual
  • efficacious
  • efficient
  • experienced
  • expert
  • feasible
  • fruitful
  • functional
  • hyperefficient
  • killer
  • masterly
  • operative
  • potent
  • practicable
  • practical
  • practiced
  • practised
  • productive
  • proficient
  • realizable
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • sound
  • striking
  • telling
  • usable
  • useable
  • useful
  • valid
  • versed
  • veteran
  • virtuoso
  • workable
  • working

quaffed

  • consumed
  • downed
  • drank
  • gulped
  • guzzled
  • hoisted
  • imbibed
  • ingurgitated
  • killed
  • knocked back
  • lapped
  • licked
  • nipped
  • pledged
  • put away
  • sipped
  • slurped
  • sucked
  • supped
  • swigged
  • swilled
  • tippled
  • toasted
  • wined

negatived

  • abjured
  • annulled
  • avoided
  • backed down
  • backed off
  • backtracked
  • banned
  • blackballed
  • blacklisted
  • blew off
  • bypassed
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  • confuted
  • constrained
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  • corrected
  • counteracted
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  • counterpoised
  • curbed
  • declined
  • denied
  • deselected
  • detoured
  • disaffirmed
  • disallowed
  • disapproved
  • disavowed
  • disclaimed
  • disconfirmed
  • disdained
  • dismissed
  • disowned
  • disproved
  • disputed
  • downed
  • enjoined
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forbore
  • foreswore
  • forswore
  • gainsaid
  • held
  • hindered
  • ignored
  • impeded
  • invalidated
  • kept
  • killed
  • negated
  • neutered
  • neutralized
  • nixed
  • nullified
  • obstructed
  • offset
  • outbalanced
  • outweighed
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • passed
  • passed up
  • prohibited
  • proscribed
  • rebuffed
  • rebutted
  • recalled
  • recanted
  • redeemed
  • redressed
  • refused
  • refuted
  • rejected
  • relieved
  • remedied
  • reneged
  • renounced
  • repelled
  • repressed
  • reprobated
  • repudiated
  • restrained
  • restricted
  • retracted
  • revoked
  • scorned
  • scouted
  • shot down
  • spurned
  • stuck
  • threw out
  • threw over
  • took back
  • traversed
  • turned down
  • unsaid
  • vetoed
  • withdrew
  • withheld

ultracompetent

  • able
  • accomplished
  • ace
  • adept
  • all-around
  • all-round
  • capable
  • competent
  • consummate
  • crack
  • experienced
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  • fit
  • overqualified
  • practiced
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  • prepared
  • protean
  • qualified
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  • seasoned
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • trained
  • versatile
  • veteran
  • virtuoso

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