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

Saudi Arabia assembled a coalition backing the government, waging a yearslong campaign of air bombardment that brought it international condemnation over civilian deaths. — Ahmed Hatem, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026

Civilian deaths in Ukraine are at their highest since the first months of the war, with Russian strikes killing more than 2,700 Ukrainian civilians so far in 2026, according to data compiled by ACLED. — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

That number could rise to nine if investigators establish that the attacker was also responsible for the deaths of his parents and sister. — Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026

Their deaths were due to unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning from the car’s exhaust, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

Child Advocate Christina Ghio, whose office investigates suspicious child deaths, echoed Brancato’s call for vigilance. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

Washington’s funding cuts to some HIV-prevention programs in Africa left efforts there floundering, sparking fears that the continent could see hundreds of thousands of additional deaths from AIDS. — semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Eighty-two percent of hazing deaths involve forced alcohol consumption. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Rather than focusing on the deaths themselves, the exhibit examines how the nation commemorates its leaders through ritual and tradition. — Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026