Synonyms of corpses

corpses

noun

plural of corpse

as in carcasses

a dead body

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• carcasses
• relics
• stiffs
• cadavers
• remains
• bones
• corses
• ashes
• mummies
• corpora
• deceased
• decedents
• carnages
• carrions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of corpses

There are cases of Jewish corpses being abused on their way to the cemetery; and even one instance of a father watching as his son was stabbed to death in the street. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Homecoming aside, there’s still the Trawler to worry about, a fact we’re reminded of when another victim turns up on a playground, this time with a pentagram carved into his back and fish corpses shoved into his wounds. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

This is not the first time that objects – and even corpses – have been uncovered due to melting ice. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

And just over a year after that, the Morgans landed back in the news after authorities found 56 decomposing corpses inside another one of their businesses, South Deering’s South Chicago Chapel. — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

Gein murdered at least two women, as well as illegally exhumed and mutilated multiple corpses, in the 1940s and 1950s. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

The village’s daily rhythms are ordered by the passing trains—until a train arrives from Pakistan loaded with the corpses of Sikh refugees, and the community is made to cremate the dead. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Of course, corpses don’t really look like Madeline did, after she’d been made up. — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Ill winds, however, force his return all too soon — as one of many corpses washed ashore from a shipwreck. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026