100 Best Synonyms for “Dead”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	a goner	A person certain dead or doomed.
2.	annihilated	Completely destroyed.
3.	asphyxiated	Dead from lack of oxygen.
4.	at rest	Dead, peacefully phrased.
5.	axed	Killed or canceled, informal.
6.	beyond saving	Too far gone to survive.
7.	beyond the grave	After death or dead.
8.	beyond the veil	Dead, poetic euphemism.
9.	bit the dust	Died or failed.
10.	bought it	Died, informal.
11.	breathed their last	Died.
12.	breathless	Not breathing; dead or winded.
13.	buried	Dead and interred.
14.	cadaverous	Corpse-like or deathly.
15.	cashed in	Died, informal idiom.
16.	checked out	Died, informal.
17.	claimed by death	Killed or taken by death.
18.	cold	Dead, with no body warmth.
19.	corpse-like	Resembling a dead body.
20.	cremated	Reduced to ashes after death.
21.	croaked	Died, slangy.
22.	deathlike	Resembling death.
23.	deathly	Suggesting death.
24.	deceased	No longer living.
25.	defunct	No longer existing or operating.
26.	demised	Died, formal.
27.	departed	Having died.
28.	done	Finished or exhausted.
29.	drowned	Dead from drowning.
30.	electrocuted	Killed by electric shock.
31.	ended	Brought to a close.
32.	entombed	Buried in a tomb.
33.	executed	Put to death officially.
34.	expired	Having died or ended.
35.	extinct	No longer existing or alive.
36.	fallen	Dead, especially in battle.
37.	fatally injured	Injured so severely death results.
38.	fell victim	Died or suffered as victim.
39.	finished	Ended or done.
40.	flatlined	Died, with no heartbeat.
41.	gone	Dead, especially euphemistically.
42.	iced	Killed, slang.
43.	in a better place	Dead, consoling euphemism.
44.	in heaven	Dead, religiously phrased.
45.	in repose	Dead and peacefully still.
46.	in the grave	Dead and buried.
47.	inanimate	Not alive.
48.	insentient	Lacking life or awareness.
49.	interred	Buried after death.
50.	kaput	Dead, broken, or finished.
51.	kicked the bucket	Died, humorous idiom.
52.	killed	Made dead.
53.	laid to rest	Buried after death.
54.	late	Recently or formerly deceased.
55.	left the building	Dead or gone, humorous.
56.	left this world	Died, euphemistically.
57.	left us	Died, euphemistically.
58.	life extinct	No longer alive, formal.
59.	lifeless	Without life.
60.	lost	Dead or beyond recovery.
61.	met one’s maker	Died, religious idiom.
62.	met their end	Died.
63.	mortally injured	Injured so severely death follows.
64.	mortally wounded	Wounded so severely death follows.
65.	murdered	Unlawfully killed.
66.	neutralized	Killed or disabled.
67.	no longer with us	Euphemistically dead.
68.	no more	No longer alive or existing.
69.	nonliving	Not living.
70.	not breathing	Lacking respiration.
71.	obliterated	Destroyed utterly.
72.	offed	Killed, slang.
73.	on the other side	Dead, euphemistically.
74.	over	Finished or no longer active.
75.	passed	Died, euphemistically.
76.	past saving	Too late to rescue.
77.	perished	Dead through destruction or hardship.
78.	poisoned	Killed by poison.
79.	popped off	Died, informal.
80.	pulseless	Having no pulse.
81.	resting in peace	Dead and peacefully buried.
82.	rubbed out	Killed, slang.
83.	shuffled off	Died, literary idiom.
84.	six feet under	Dead and buried.
85.	slain	Killed by violence.
86.	snuffed it	Died, informal British.
87.	stiff	Dead, with rigid body.
88.	stillborn	Dead at birth.
89.	stone-cold	Completely dead or cold.
90.	succumbed	Died after yielding to something.
91.	taken	Dead, as taken by death.
92.	terminated	Killed or ended.
93.	underground	Dead and buried.
94.	unliving	Not alive.
95.	went to heaven	Died, religiously phrased.
96.	whacked	Killed, slang.
97.	wiped out	Killed or destroyed completely.
98.	with the angels	Dead, religiously phrased.
99.	without a pulse	Having no heartbeat.
100.	without breath	Not breathing.