DIED Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

died

verb

Definition of died next

past tense of die

as in perished

to stop living the king died of old age after a long and fruitful reign

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Relevance

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as in stopped

to come to an end the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon

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as in crashed

to stop functioning fortunately, when the engine died we were only two blocks from home

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started (up)

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of died Mickey Lolich, remembered as the Tigers’ hero in the 1968 World Series, has died, the Tigers announced. —

Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026 Nancy has three children, including son Camron Guthrie, with late husband Charles Guthrie, who died in 1988 of a heart attack. —

Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026 According to Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, at least 100 people died and 100 were wounded in the US operation that culminated in the arrest of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who was also a member of parliament. —

Cnn 9 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026 There were unfounded rumors that Joseph's father, who died in 2006, was somehow responsible. —

Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026 According to emails that are now public, the two men continued to see each other as late as 2018, just a year before Epstein died in prison while facing federal trafficking charges. —

Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026 Earle died in August 2020, during the peak of the pandemic, from an accidental overdose. —

Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026 Saab died in 2019 in Paris after a long illness. —

Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026 Shillinglaw says the most powerful stop is the small town of Ypres, where the Last Post Ceremony has been held nearly every night since the end of World War I to honor the men who died on the front lines in Flanders. —

Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for died

Verb

Cile, 8 years old at the time, was one of the 27 children and counselors at Camp Mystic, a venerable Christian summer camp for girls, who perished in the flood.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
My father worked in the garment district on Delancey Street — the same neighborhood where, decades earlier, women perished in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire because factory owners decided safety precautions cost too much.

— Michelle A. Williams, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026