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

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

Most dramatically, five of the bodies were hung on a highway bridge, their half-nude corpses displaying signs of torture — a macabre display that recalled the worst days of the Mexican drug wars. — Los Angeles Times, 26 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

Morgues were at capacity, so corpses had been laid in a parking lot, then moved to a seaport, where the stench of death hung heavy. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Kathleen insists that Lukas was likely incinerated, along with all of the other corpses that piled up in the Down Deep during the rebellion. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Rogan suggested that his guest should hurry up with Iran-war negotiations and get on with the real business of the government, such as finding out whether the government is secretly hoarding extraterrestrial corpses. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Private equity profits by killing companies to sell their corpses. — Robert Niles, Oc Register, 7 July 2026