death

English Thesaurus

1. the act of killing (noun.act)

hypernym	:	kill, killing, putting to death,
definition	:	the act of terminating a life (noun.act)

2. the event of dying or departure from life (noun.event)

hypernym	:	alteration, change, modification,
definition	:	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another (noun.event)

hyponym	:	fatality, human death,
definition	:	a death resulting from an accident or a disaster (noun.event)

hyponym	:	martyrdom,
definition	:	death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause (noun.event)

hyponym	:	megadeath,
definition	:	the death of a million people (noun.event)

hyponym	:	departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release,
definition	:	euphemistic expressions for death (noun.event)

hyponym	:	wrongful death,
definition	:	a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs (noun.event)

instance hyponym	:	crucifixion,
definition	:	the death of Jesus by crucifixion (noun.event)

3. the personification of death (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	imaginary being, imaginary creature,
definition	:	a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	grim reaper, reaper,
definition	:	Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe (noun.person)

4. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	organic phenomenon,
definition	:	(biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	cell death, necrobiosis,
definition	:	(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	gangrene, mortification, necrosis, sphacelus,
definition	:	the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	brain death, cerebral death,
definition	:	death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops (noun.phenomenon)

5. the absence of life or state of being dead (noun.state)

hypernym	:	state,
definition	:	the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest, sleep,
definition	:	euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) (noun.state)

hyponym	:	defunctness, extinction,
definition	:	no longer in existence (noun.state)

hyponym	:	neonatal death,
definition	:	death of a liveborn infant within the first 28 days of life (noun.state)

hyponym	:	cot death, crib death, infant death, sids, sudden infant death syndrome,
definition	:	sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep (noun.state)

6. a final state (noun.state)

hypernym	:	state,
definition	:	the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops)

7. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead (noun.time)

hypernym	:	end, ending, end, ending,
definition	:	the point in time at which something ends (noun.time)

8. the time when something ends (noun.time)

hyponym	:	grave,
definition	:	death of a person (noun.time)

part meronym	:	life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime,
definition	:	the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) (noun.time)

9. the act of killing (noun.act)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

derivation	:	deadly, deathly, mortal,
definition	:	causing or capable of causing death (adj.all)

10. the event of dying or departure from life (noun.event)

antonym	:	birth, nascence, nascency, nativity,
definition	:	the event of being born (noun.event)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

11. the personification of death (noun.person)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

12. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

13. the absence of life or state of being dead (noun.state)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

14. a final state (noun.state)

derivation	:	end, terminate,
definition	:	bring to an end or halt (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	disappear or come to an end (verb.change)

derivation	:	end,
definition	:	put an end to (verb.creation)

derivation	:	cease, end, finish, stop, terminate,
definition	:	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical (verb.stative)

derivation	:	end, terminate,
definition	:	be the end of; be the last or concluding part of (verb.stative)

15. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead (noun.time)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

16. the time when something ends (noun.time)

antonym	:	birth,
definition	:	the time when something begins (especially life) (noun.time)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	disappear or come to an end (verb.change)

17. the act of killing (noun.act)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

derivation	:	deadly, deathly, mortal,
definition	:	causing or capable of causing death (adj.all)

18. the event of dying or departure from life (noun.event)

antonym	:	birth, nascence, nascency, nativity,
definition	:	the event of being born (noun.event)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

19. the personification of death (noun.person)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

20. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

21. the absence of life or state of being dead (noun.state)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

22. a final state (noun.state)

derivation	:	end, terminate,
definition	:	bring to an end or halt (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	disappear or come to an end (verb.change)

derivation	:	end,
definition	:	put an end to (verb.creation)

derivation	:	cease, end, finish, stop, terminate,
definition	:	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical (verb.stative)

derivation	:	end, terminate,
definition	:	be the end of; be the last or concluding part of (verb.stative)

23. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead (noun.time)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

24. the time when something ends (noun.time)

antonym	:	birth,
definition	:	the time when something begins (especially life) (noun.time)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	disappear or come to an end (verb.change)

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