Synonyms of croak

croak 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to complain

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely

the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complain
• scream
• whine
• mutter
• moan
• growl
• squawk
• grumble
• murmur
• squeal
• bitch
• kick
• cry
• whimper
• worry
• wail
• holler
• inveigh
• bellyache
• kvetch
• yowl
• beef
• grouse
• nag
• caterwaul
• carp
• bleat
• yammer
• repine
• yawp
• crab
• keen
• whinge
• gripe
• kick up a stink
• grizzle
• kick up a fuss
• yaup
• protest
• grouch
• grump
• maunder
• sob
• fuss
• object (to)
• quarrel (with)
• stew
• cavil
• quibble
• lament
• blubber
• fret
• bewail
• deplore
• bemoan

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoice
• delight
• accept
• endure
• tolerate
• take
• bear
• crow
• cheer
• countenance
• applaud
• commend

2

as in to die

slang to stop living

I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother "croaked"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• die
• perish
• fall
• succumb
• disappear
• depart
• pass (on)
• demise
• exit
• expire
• end
• go
• buy it
• check out
• fade
• pass away
• step out
• drop
• kick in
• decease
• snuff it
• kick off
• buy the farm
• part
• peg out
• pop off
• flatline
• bite the dust
• kick the bucket
• fail
• give up the ghost
• conk (out)
• dry up
• consume
• predecease

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• live
• breathe
• come to
• revive
• be
• exist
• linger
• flourish
• thrive
• subsist
• prosper

3

as in to kill

slang to deprive of life

"I croaked the old bugger," he bragged

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kill
• destroy
• slay
• dispatch
• fell
• take
• carry off
• claim
• slaughter
• murder
• assassinate
• do for
• cut down
• do away with
• execute
• finish
• neutralize
• do in
• butcher
• decimate
• whack
• smite
• snuff
• kill off
• get
• mow
• waste
• make away with
• take out
• off
• annihilate
• put away
• scrag
• blot out
• massacre
• terminate
• rub out
• ice
• bump off
• suicide
• knock off
• martyr
• euthanize
• euthanatize
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raise
• restore
• revive
• animate
• resurrect
• resuscitate
• nurture

4

as in to assassinate

slang to put to death deliberately

hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinate
• murder
• slay
• execute
• kill
• get
• dispatch
• neutralize
• whack
• liquidate
• terminate
• off
• snuff
• take out
• destroy
• slaughter
• put away
• shoot
• ice
• rub out
• bump off
• knock off
• do away with
• do in
• cut down
• fell
• blow away
• smite
• shoot down
• claim
• carry off
• butcher
• blot out
• eliminate
• eradicate
• zap
• mow (down)
• exterminate
• wipe out
• massacre
• annihilate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raise
• restore
• revive
• resurrect
• resuscitate
• animate

croak

2 of 2

noun

as in squawk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squawk
• chirp
• squeak
• screech
• squeal
• cackle
• grunt
• cluck
• bark
• caterwaul
• roar
• yowl
• caw
• bray
• crow
• calling
• meow
• trumpet
• quack
• moo
• coo
• howl
• whinny
• yelp
• peep
• bellow
• honk
• bleat
• low
• mew
• yip
• bay
• neigh
• miaow
• blat
• cheep
• yap
• crake
• squall
• hoot
• oink
• twitter
• tu-whit tu-whoo
• cry
• call
• note