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

Congo's has among the world's highest rates of both childbirths per woman and deaths around childbirth. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Opioids had swept through the islands after meth, with overdose deaths nearly doubling statewide from 2000 to 2016. — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Over the last four decades, wildfires have been linked to nearly 800 deaths across much of Europe, according to the European Environment Agency. — Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah said he was stunned at the deaths of the climbers, including Purja. — Reuters, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2026

Over the follow-up, 439 deaths occurred, including 148 cardiovascular deaths. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

The virus has been linked to at least two deaths, including the original 2014 case and another reported in 2026. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

The ban came after a series of high-profile scooter deaths and an alarming number of devices strewn willy-nilly in neighborhoods across the city. — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 27 July 2026

The attack was unsuccessful, as Gwayne jumped to his nephew’s rescue in time, which only resulted in a couple of deaths and Ormund projectile vomiting at the smell. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 July 2026