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Synonyms & Antonyms of killing
(Entry 1 of 3)
- he's usually quiet, but occasionally unleashes some killing remark that cracks everyone up
Synonyms for killing
- antic,
- chucklesome,
- comedic,
- comic,
- comical,
- droll,
- farcical,
- funny,
- hilarious,
- humoristic,
- humorous,
- hysterical
- (also hysteric),
- laughable,
- ludicrous,
- ridiculous,
- riotous,
- risible,
- screaming,
- sidesplitting,
- uproarious
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- a killing schedule that requires the touring company to play in a different city every night
Synonyms for killing
- arduous,
- burdensome,
- challenging,
- demanding,
- exacting,
- grueling
- (or gruelling),
- laborious,
- onerous,
- persnickety,
- taxing,
- toilsome
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- easy,
- effortless,
- facile,
- simple,
- smooth
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killing
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of killing (Entry 2 of 3)
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- charge,
- cost,
- disbursement,
- expenditure,
- expense,
- loss,
- outgo,
- outlay
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killing
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of killing (Entry 3 of 3)
- during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else
Synonyms for killing
- carrying off,
- claiming,
- croaking
- [slang],
- destroying,
- dispatching,
- doing in,
- felling,
- slaying,
- taking
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- bumping off,
- butchering,
- cutting down,
- finishing,
- getting,
- icing
- [slang],
- knocking off,
- murdering,
- neutralizing,
- offing
- [slang],
- putting away,
- rubbing out,
- scragging,
- snuffing,
- taking out,
- wasting,
- whacking
- [slang]
- euthanizing
- (also euthanatizing),
- putting down
Phrases Synonymous with killing
- doing away with,
- doing for
- [chiefly British],
- making away with
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- the Senate killed the bill by a single vote
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- I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it
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- stetting
- the long hike up the mountain just about killed us
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- with his dark good looks he would positively kill the ladies
Synonyms for killing
- alluring,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- captivating,
- charming,
- enchanting,
- fascinating,
- magnetizing,
- wiling,
- witching
- [archaic]
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- kill the engine before it overheats
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“Killing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killing. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.
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