Synonyms of corpse

corpse

noun

ˈkȯrps 

as in carcass

a dead body

the startling discovery of a corpse required a call to the police

Synonyms & Similar Words

• carcass
• remains
• cadaver
• relics
• bones
• stiff
• corpus
• ashes
• corse
• deceased
• carrion
• mummy
• carnage
• decedent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of corpse

There's the Battle of the Gullet in the premiere, and then everything that comes next — from Rhaenyra unloading her grief before the corpse of her eldest son to her taking the Iron Throne at King's Landing to become Westeros' new queen. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026

The family’s ordeal worsened Sunday when her brother-in-law found the body of his mother, Rosa María Díaz de Rodríguez, among a pile of corpses. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026

The corpse was shipped to Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, which will administer a necropsy to determine the cause of death. — Andrea Sachs The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

Sugar is at the forensic lab with the corpse of a man who looks an awful lot like Ji Moon but isn’t Ji Moon (courtesy of Shea Whigham as Tom Flybjerg). — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 June 2026