Synonyms of deaths

deaths

noun

plural of death

1

as in demises

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

we were all saddened by the death of our friend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demises
• fates
• passings
• dooms
• graves
• dissolutions
• suicides
• fatalities
• deceases
• curtains
• exits
• expirations
• sleeps
• assassinations
• passages
• casualties
• ends
• destructions
• great divides
• martyrdoms
• quietuses
• endings
• expiries
• executions
• killings
• massacres
• ruins
• exterminations
• annihilations
• slaughters
• self-murders
• self-slaughters
• self-destructions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• births
• lives
• existences
• nativities
• creations
• originations
• rises
• geneses

2

as in terminations

the act of ceasing to exist

the death of the Soviet economic system in the wake of the breakup of the USSR

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demises
• terminations
• dissolutions
• cessations
• destructions
• expirations
• dispersions
• endings
• suicides
• passings
• shutdowns
• expiries
• stoppages
• conclusions
• discontinuances
• ends
• lapses
• ruins
• shutoffs
• finishes
• deceases
• dooms
• annihilations
• stops
• halts
• closes
• surceases
• quietuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• births
• beginnings
• starts
• commencements
• onsets
• creations
• launches
• geneses
• mornings
• dawns
• inceptions
• alphas
• existences
• prolongations
• incipiencies
• outsets
• incipiences
• institutions
• initiations
• persistences
• originations
• inaugurations

3

as in downfalls

something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life

that muscle car will be the death of him yet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• downfalls
• destructions
• ruins
• kisses of death
• curses
• undoings
• ruinations
• banes
• torments
• tragic flaws
• Achilles' heels

4

as in massacres

the killing of a large number of people

thousands of soldiers were lost on the field of death

Synonyms & Similar Words

• massacres
• slaughters
• genocides
• bloodbaths
• carnages
• murders
• butcheries
• killings
• slayings
• holocausts
• mortalities
• manslaughters
• homicides
• exterminations
• assassinations
• executions
• devastations
• annihilations
• pogroms
• bloodlettings
• bloodsheds
• destructions
• foul play
• decimations
• eradications

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deaths

This opaqueness from earlier in the season pays off in the form of John recounting the brutal methods the Manhunter used to decimate this planet, involving a fear gas that made people kill one another and jump to their deaths. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

Mostly forgotten in all of this is the impact of these deaths on the humans rescuing them in Chicago. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

Ukraine has recorded more than 500,000 military casualties, including up to 140,000 deaths. — Edith M. Lederer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Evidently, the Manhunter released gas that drove Antaan’s people insane, forcing many of them to jump to their deaths. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2026

All victims were in their 20s and 30s; the three deaths were men, and the wounded were split between two men and two women. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2026

Research has shown that menthols are more likely to addict young smokers and that a ban could avert 650,000 early deaths over four decades. — Jason McLure — The Examination, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026

Two people were arrested and a load of kratom seized, Mississippi authorities said Friday, days after the mysterious deaths of two Ole Miss students who were found with kratom at the scene. — Anthony Cusumano, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026

Lizzie, who was 32 years old at the time and living at home, became the prime suspect in the gruesome murders, and was arrested and charged shortly after their deaths. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026