100 Best Synonyms for “Death”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	annihilation	Complete destruction or ending.
2.	apoptosis	Programmed death of cells.
3.	assassination	Murder of a prominent person.
4.	bereavement	Loss of someone by death.
5.	bloodbath	Event with much killing.
6.	bloodshed	Killing or violence causing deaths.
7.	body	A dead person’s physical remains.
8.	butchery	Brutal killing of people.
9.	cadaver	A dead body, especially medical.
10.	carcass	A dead animal’s body.
11.	casualty	A person killed or injured.
12.	cessation	A stopping or ending.
13.	close	An ending or conclusion.
14.	commiseration	Sympathetic sorrow for loss.
15.	condolence	Sympathy after someone’s death.
16.	corpse	A dead body.
17.	dead person	A person who has died.
18.	decease	Formal word for death.
19.	deceased	A person who has died.
20.	decedent	Legal term for a dead person.
21.	demise	A person’s death or end.
22.	departure	A euphemism for death.
23.	destruction	Ending through ruin or killing.
24.	doom	Death or disastrous end.
25.	elegy	Poem mourning the dead.
26.	elimination	Removal, sometimes by killing.
27.	end	The final point of life.
28.	exit	A figurative end of life.
29.	expiration	The end of life.
30.	expiry	End of validity or life.
31.	extermination	Deliberate killing of many.
32.	extinction	Death of a species or line.
33.	fall	Defeat, collapse, or death.
34.	fatality	A death from an accident.
35.	fate	Death as an inevitable end.
36.	final rest	Peaceful death or burial.
37.	finale	The final part or ending.
38.	finish	An end or conclusion.
39.	gangrene	Tissue death from infection.
40.	genocide	Killing of a national or ethnic group.
41.	going	Informal euphemism for dying.
42.	grave	Death or a burial place.
43.	grief	Deep sorrow after loss.
44.	grim reaper	Personification of death.
45.	holocaust	Mass destruction or killing.
46.	homegoing	Religious euphemism for death.
47.	homicide	Killing of one person by another.
48.	keening	Wailing for the dead.
49.	killing	Causing death.
50.	lamentation	Expression of grief or mourning.
51.	lapse	An ending or expiration.
52.	last sleep	Poetic euphemism for death.
53.	liberation	Freedom, sometimes through death.
54.	loss	Someone’s death, especially mourned.
55.	manslaughter	Unlawful killing without prior intent.
56.	martyrdom	Death for a belief or cause.
57.	massacre	Killing of many people.
58.	mortal remains	A dead person’s body.
59.	mortality	The condition of dying.
60.	mortification	Death of body tissue.
61.	mourning	Grief after a death.
62.	murder	Unlawful killing of a person.
63.	necrosis	Death of living tissue.
64.	obituary	Published notice of death.
65.	obliteration	Complete destruction or erasure.
66.	obsequies	Formal funeral rites.
67.	orphanhood	State after parents’ death.
68.	overthrow	Forced removal or downfall.
69.	passing	A gentle word for death.
70.	perishing	Dying, especially violently or suddenly.
71.	promotion to glory	Christian euphemism for death.
72.	putrefaction	Rotting of dead matter.
73.	quietus	Final release through death.
74.	release	Death as freedom from suffering.
75.	remains	A dead person’s body.
76.	repose	Peaceful rest, often in death.
77.	requiem	Mass or music for the dead.
78.	rest	Peaceful death or burial.
79.	rot	Decay after death.
80.	ruin	Destruction or downfall.
81.	sacrifice	Death endured for a purpose.
82.	self-destruction	Destroying oneself or one’s life.
83.	slaughter	Killing, especially brutally or widely.
84.	sleep	Euphemism for death.
85.	sorrow	Sadness, often after death.
86.	stiff	Slang for a dead body.
87.	suicide	Taking one’s own life.
88.	termination	An ending or conclusion.
89.	the dead	People who have died.
90.	the deceased	People who have died.
91.	the end	Death, euphemistically.
92.	the inevitable	Death as unavoidable fate.
93.	the last enemy	Biblical phrase for death.
94.	the reaper	Personified death.
95.	transition	Euphemistic passage from life.
96.	undoing	Cause of ruin or destruction.
97.	vanishing	Disappearing or ceasing to exist.
98.	victim	One who dies from harm.
99.	wake	Gathering before or after burial.
100.	widowhood	State after a spouse’s death.