obit

noun

ō-ˈbit  ˈō-bət 

especially British ˈä-bit

: obituary

Synonyms of obit

• obituary

Examples of obit in a Sentence

she reads the obits as soon as she gets her morning paper

Recent Examples on the Web

As a Chicago police officer, O'Grady won the CPD's Blue Star Award for suffering a critical gunshot wound while thwarting the armed robbery of a woman during the holiday shopping season on State Street downtown in 1971, according to his obit. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026

Richards is survived by his brother, Bob (Joanne), and was preceded in death by his wife, Doloros; his parents, Gregor and Rose Richards; and his brothers, Jim Richards and Ed Richards, according to his obit. —Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 6 Jan. 2026

And as The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in his recent obit, when the bookstore near his home closed, a window opened. —Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025

His passing touched people beyond his close circle of colleagues and friends, with his Deadline obit viewed by more than 18,200 to date. —Stuart Levine, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

in part short for obituary, in part continuing Middle English obit "death, record of a death date, religious service marking a death anniversary," borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin obitus, going back to Latin, "approach, encounter, death, setting of a heavenly body," from obi-, stem of obīre "to meet with, visit, meet one's death, die" (from ob- "toward, facing" + īre "to go") + -tus, suffix of action nouns — more at ob-, issue entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for obit

• probit
• tobit