death - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of killing

Synonyms

• death

More generic

• kill
• killing
• putting to death

Noun

the event of dying or departure from life

Synonyms

• death
• decease
• expiry

More generic

• alteration
• change
• modification

Opposite / Antonyms

• birth

More specific

• departure
• exit
• expiration
• fatality
• going
• human death
• loss
• martyrdom
• megadeath
• passing
• release
• wrongful death

Noun

the personification of death

Synonyms

• Death

Noun

the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism

Synonyms

• death

More generic

• organic phenomenon

More specific

• brain death
• cell death
• cerebral death
• gangrene
• mortification
• necrobiosis
• necrosis
• sphacelus

Noun

the absence of life or state of being dead

Synonyms

• death

More generic

• state

More specific

• SIDS
• cot death
• crib death
• defunctness
• eternal rest
• eternal sleep
• extinction
• infant death
• neonatal death
• quietus
• rest
• sleep
• sudden infant death syndrome

Noun

a final state

Synonyms

• death
• destruction
• end

More generic

• state

Noun

the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

Synonyms

• death
• last

More generic

• end
• ending

Noun

the time when something ends

Synonyms

• death
• demise
• dying

More generic

• end
• ending

Opposite / Antonyms

• birth

More specific

• grave

Related

• life
• life-time
• lifespan
• lifetime

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