Synonyms of perished

perished 1 of 2

adjective

as in departed

Related Words

• departed
• vanished
• lost
• extinct
• dead
• absent
• lacking
• nonexistent
• wanting
• missing
• expired
• obsolete
• over
• finished
• inadequate
• insufficient
• defunct
• scarce
• rare
• lapsed
• uncommon
• sparse
• done
• passé

Dissimilar Words

• present
• alive
• active
• existent
• thriving
• current
• living
• common
• going
• prevailing
• prevalent
• apparent
• evident
• obvious
• animate
• conspicuous
• uncanceled
• plain

perished

2 of 2

verb

past tense of perish

1

as in died

to stop living

12 people perished in the plane crash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• died
• fell
• departed
• succumbed
• disappeared
• expired
• deceased
• ended
• passed (on)
• exited
• went
• parted
• demised
• faded
• passed away
• croaked
• bought it
• stepped out
• checked out
• dropped
• kicked off
• kicked in
• popped off
• pegged out
• snuffed it
• flatlined
• gave up the ghost
• conked (out)
• kicked the bucket
• bit the dust
• failed
• consumed
• predeceased
• dried up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lived
• breathed
• came to
• revived
• existed
• lingered
• was
• flourished
• prospered
• subsisted
• thrived

2

as in disintegrated

chiefly British to go through decomposition

after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disintegrated
• rotted
• decomposed
• decayed
• corrupted
• fell apart
• deteriorated
• descended
• festered
• molded
• putrefied
• crumbled
• spoiled
• fouled
• moldered
• turned
• broke down
• contaminated
• soured
• rusted
• went to seed
• polluted
• defiled
• mortified
• tainted
• withered
• degenerated
• sank
• turned off
• fermented
• curdled
• addled
• dilapidated
• declined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• developed
• aged
• grew
• matured
• restored
• ripened
• renewed
• refreshed
• purified
• cleansed
• assembled
• improved
• composed
• integrated
• bettered
• ameliorated
• meliorated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of perished

Verb

At least 5,000 people perished, most of them in La Guaira state, a strip of cities and slums crammed between the coastal cordillera and the Caribbean Sea, half an hour from Caracas. — Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026

People working on ships, as well as foreign workers and others in gulf nations, Israel and Lebanon have also perished in the conflict. — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

The era in which the dinosaurs perished would be unrecognizable to a modern person. — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

Spain's deadliest wildfire was in 1979, when 21 people perished in Lloret de Mar, a coastal town about an hour north of Barcelona. — ABC News, 11 July 2026

While the crown prince managed to free himself from the dragon before sinking, Triarchy crossbowmen peppered him from a nearby ship, and both dragon and rider perished. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Known as the Heaven’s 27 Camp Safety Act — named for the 25 girls and two teenage counselors who perished at Mystic last year — it was signed into law in Texas in September. — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

The pallor of mortality is a reminder, for some, of the heat wave in the summer of 2003, when nearly fifteen thousand people perished in France. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026

And because the war was still on, the arsenal was quickly rebuilt and brought back online while those who perished were placed in a mass grave in the Allegheny Cemetery, marked only today by one large stone, tucked away on the far side of the burial grounds. — Christopher Derose, CBS News, 26 June 2026