death

Nouns

  • (n) the event of dying or departure from life
    • her death came as a terrible shock
    • upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
    decease, expiry,
  • (n) the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
    • the animal died a painful death
  • (n) the absence of life or state of being dead
    • he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life
  • (n) the time when something ends
    • it was the death of all his plans
    • a dying of old hopes
    demise, dying,
  • (n) the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
    • she stayed until his death
    • a struggle to the last
    last,
  • (n) the personification of death
    • Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city
  • (n) a final state
    • he came to a bad end
    • the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
    destruction, end,
  • (n) the act of killing
    • he had two deaths on his conscience

Synonyms

decease expiry demise dying last destruction end

Antonyms

nascence nascency nativity birth

Words of close approximity

dead deaf deal dean dear
deary
death adder death angel deathbed death bell death benefit deathblow death camas death camp death cap death chair death chamber death cup death duty death house death instinct death knell deathless deathlike deathly death mask death penalty deathrate death rate death-roll death row death seat death's head death's-head moth death squad death tax death toll deathtrap Death Valley death warrant deathwatch deathwatch beetle death wish