Synonyms of croaks

croaks 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of croak

1

as in complains

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely

the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complains
• screams
• whines
• mutters
• moans
• growls
• squawks
• grumbles
• murmurs
• squeals
• whimpers
• cries
• wails
• caterwauls
• yowls
• kicks
• hollers
• bleats
• grouses
• grizzles
• yammers
• bellyaches
• yawps
• bitches
• nags
• worries
• whinges
• carps
• inveighs
• kvetches
• crabs
• keens
• grouches
• repines
• gripes
• grumps
• beefs
• sobs
• fusses
• maunders
• protests
• yaups
• kicks up a stink
• blubbers
• kicks up a fuss
• laments
• cavils
• bewails
• quibbles
• bemoans
• frets
• stews
• deplores
• objects (to)
• quarrels (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoices
• accepts
• delights
• takes
• endures
• tolerates
• bears
• crows
• cheers
• applauds
• commends
• countenances

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• rejoices
• accepts
• delights
• takes
• endures
• tolerates
• bears
• crows
• cheers
• applauds
• commends
• countenances

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2

as in dies

slang to stop living

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dies
• falls
• perishes
• succumbs
• departs
• exits
• disappears
• expires
• ends
• fades
• goes
• flatlines
• drops
• buys it
• pops off
• demises
• checks out
• parts
• kicks off
• deceases
• passes away
• snuffs it
• fails
• kicks in
• pegs out
• steps out
• passes (on)
• buys the farm
• kicks the bucket
• conks (out)
• bites the dust
• predeceases
• gives up the ghost
• consumes
• dries up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathes
• revives
• lives
• lingers
• exists
• subsists
• is
• thrives
• flourishes
• prospers
• comes to

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• breathes
• revives
• lives
• lingers
• exists
• subsists
• is
• thrives
• flourishes
• prospers
• comes to

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3

as in kills

slang to deprive of life

"I croaked the old bugger," he bragged

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kills
• slays
• destroys
• dispatches
• takes
• claims
• slaughters
• assassinates
• carries off
• murders
• fells
• whacks
• wastes
• does for
• snuffs
• finishes
• does in
• executes
• gets
• decimates
• smites
• cuts down
• neutralizes
• mows
• annihilates
• terminates
• scrags
• rubs out
• butchers
• knocks off
• kills off
• bumps off
• offs
• ices
• martyrs
• massacres
• blots out
• euthanizes
• makes away with
• takes out
• does away with
• puts away
• euthanatizes
• suicides
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animates
• revives
• restores
• raises
• resurrects
• resuscitates
• nurtures

• animates
• revives
• restores
• raises
• resurrects
• resuscitates
• nurtures

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4

as in assassinates

slang to put to death deliberately

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinates
• slays
• murders
• executes
• gets
• kills
• whacks
• liquidates
• dispatches
• snuffs
• terminates
• neutralizes
• slaughters
• shoots
• destroys
• rubs out
• knocks off
• bumps off
• ices
• offs
• takes out
• puts away
• does in
• smites
• claims
• zaps
• blows away
• cuts down
• shoots down
• exterminates
• eliminates
• eradicates
• annihilates
• carries off
• blots out
• fells
• does away with
• butchers
• wipes out
• massacres
• mows (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revives
• raises
• restores
• resurrects
• resuscitates
• animates

• revives
• raises
• restores
• resurrects
• resuscitates
• animates

croaks

2 of 2

noun

plural of croak

as in chirps

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chirps
• cackles
• screeches
• squawks
• squeaks
• brays
• squeals
• yowls
• roars
• caterwauls
• clucks
• whinnies
• grunts
• barks
• cheeps
• coos
• bleats
• caws
• yelps
• bellows
• meows
• blats
• moos
• howls
• oinks
• honks
• trumpets
• yaps
• crows
• neighs
• quacks
• yips
• crakes
• mews
• twitters
• peeps
• hoots
• bays
• miaows
• squalls
• lows
• tu-whit tu-whoos
• cries
• callings
• calls
• notes