Synonyms of killing

killing 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in funny

causing or intended to cause laughter

he's usually quiet, but occasionally unleashes some killing remark that cracks everyone up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funny
• comedic
• humorous
• screaming
• comic
• entertaining
• amusing
• ridiculous
• hysteric
• hysterical
• comical
• hilarious
• ludicrous
• riotous
• laughable
• playful
• risible
• droll
• witty
• farcical
• antic
• uproarious
• diverting
• humoristic
• chucklesome
• laughing
• sidesplitting
• slapstick
• flip
• merry
• zany
• flippant
• clownish
• mad
• rich
• facetious
• waggish
• smart
• snickery
• gleeful
• jolly
• priceless
• slapsticky
• smart-aleck
• jocular
• whimsical
• knockabout
• pert
• jovial
• campy
• jokey
• mirthful
• wry
• jocose
• smart-alecky
• joky
• blithesome
• jocund

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• serious
• lame
• earnest
• humorless
• grave
• severe
• moving
• unfunny
• sedate
• solemn
• tragic
• affecting
• sombre
• somber
• touching
• unsmiling
• sober
• staid
• unhumorous
• uncomic
• weighty
• unamusing
• unhysterical
• poignant
• tragical
• sad
• sobersided
• tearful
• sorrowful
• no-nonsense
• mournful
• woeful
• lachrymose

2

as in challenging

requiring much time, effort, or careful attention

a killing schedule that requires the touring company to play in a different city every night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• challenging
• demanding
• difficult
• tough
• taxing
• hard
• exacting
• burdensome
• onerous
• arduous
• testing
• laborious
• grueling
• gruelling
• formidable
• toilsome
• trying
• oppressive
• strenuous
• persnickety
• stiff
• severe
• rigorous
• rugged
• rough
• herculean
• strict
• stern
• stringent
• rigid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• light
• undemanding
• easy
• simple
• nondemanding
• smooth
• unchallenging
• effortless
• facile

killing

2 of 3

noun

1

as in cleanup

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cleanup
• profit
• payoff
• windfall
• gain
• bottom line
• earnings
• sales
• proceeds
• net
• wages
• pay
• income
• lucre
• payment
• compensation
• salary
• revenue
• gross
• interest
• yield
• emolument
• remittal
• requital

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cost
• loss
• expense
• charge
• expenditure
• disbursement
• outlay
• outgo

2

as in murder

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murder
• slaying
• slaughter
• bloodshed
• manslaughter
• massacre
• homicide
• carnage
• butchery
• mortality
• death
• destruction
• bloodletting
• bloodbath
• foul play
• holocaust
• annihilation
• extermination
• eradication
• devastation
• genocide
• execution
• assassination
• demolishing
• decimation
• pogrom

killing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of kill

1

as in destroying

to deprive of life

during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• slaying
• murdering
• dispatching
• slaughtering
• taking
• assassinating
• claiming
• felling
• carrying off
• wasting
• neutralizing
• executing
• massacring
• doing for
• getting
• doing away with
• croaking
• doing in
• finishing
• making away with
• butchering
• annihilating
• snuffing
• decimating
• offing
• cutting down
• whacking
• terminating
• smiting
• mowing
• killing off
• taking out
• putting away
• rubbing out
• blotting out
• knocking off
• icing
• martyring
• scragging
• bumping off
• euthanizing
• euthanatizing
• suiciding
• putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raising
• restoring
• animating
• reviving
• resurrecting
• nurturing
• resuscitating

2

as in dismissing

to reject by or as if by a vote

the Senate killed the bill by a single vote

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissing
• refusing
• vetoing
• downing
• shooting down
• blackballing
• declining
• disallowing
• negativing
• disapproving
• nixing
• blacklisting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confirming
• passing
• allowing
• approving
• admitting
• supporting
• ratifying
• electing
• sanctioning
• assenting (to)

3

as in deleting

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deleting
• cancelling
• canceling
• removing
• erasing
• censoring
• crossing (out)
• striking (out)
• stroking (out)
• scratching (out)
• eradicating
• editing (out)
• obliterating
• deleing
• suppressing
• eliding
• blue-penciling
• expunging
• excising
• wiping out
• clipping
• effacing
• x-ing (out)
• x'ing (out)
• blotting out
• silencing
• shortening
• cutting
• bleeping
• rubbing out
• laundering
• rooting (out)
• redacting
• cropping
• repressing
• cleaning (up)
• expurgating
• abbreviating
• bowdlerizing
• blipping
• blacking out
• red-penciling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stetting

4

as in wearing

to use up all the physical energy of

the long hike up the mountain just about killed us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wearing
• exhausting
• tiring
• draining
• busting
• harassing
• breaking
• wasting
• knocking out
• burning out
• wearing out
• washing out
• weakening
• wearying
• fagging
• outwearing
• doing in
• fatiguing
• doing up
• sapping
• wearing to a frazzle
• debilitating
• frazzling
• tuckering (out)
• enfeebling
• enervating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strengthening
• activating
• energizing
• invigorating
• resting
• relaxing
• rejuvenating
• vitalizing
• unwinding

5

as in fascinating

to attract or delight as if by magic

with his dark good looks he would positively kill the ladies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fascinating
• enticing
• seducing
• delighting
• charming
• luring
• enchanting
• interesting
• captivating
• magnetizing
• bewitching
• intriguing
• drawing
• pleasing
• tempting
• alluring
• pulling
• disarming
• witching
• wiling
• beguiling
• wooing
• arresting
• gratifying
• appealing (to)
• inviting
• courting
• beckoning
• entrancing
• soliciting
• enrapturing
• enthralling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• offending
• repelling
• disgusting
• revolting
• annoying
• boring
• displeasing
• tiring
• irking
• wearying

6

as in braking

to cause to stop functioning

kill the engine before it overheats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• braking
• deactivating
• sticking
• shutting off
• dismantling
• turning off
• arresting
• jamming
• halting
• flicking (off)
• stalling
• phasing out
• cutting off
• mothballing
• chocking
• drawing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moving
• driving
• starting
• running
• triggering
• activating
• pushing
• firing
• generating
• charging
• propelling
• sparking
• actuating
• turning on
• setting off
• fueling
• energizing
• powering
• discharging
• switching
• launching
• releasing
• cranking (up)
• tripping
• touching off
• fuelling
• electrifying
• recharging
• reactivating

Examples of killing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The problem at hand is the novel coronavirus, and U.S. sanctions are aiding its killing spree in Iran. —Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2020

In 2014, his daughter, Alex, was at the University of California, Santa Barbara when a gunman on a killing spree fatally shot three women outside her sorority house. —James Barragán, Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2020

Noun

The investigation into Suzanne’s killing is now being handled by 12th Judicial District Attorney Anne Kelly, since her body was found in that jurisdiction. —Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2024

Anyone with information about the killings is asked to call police at 510-238-3821 or 510-238-7950. —Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024

Phrases Containing killing

• mercy killing