Synonyms and antonyms of Death and general words relating to death in British Thesaurus

morbidity (noun)

the number of people affected by a particular disease

death (noun)

the state of being dead

death (noun)

an occasion when someone dies

mortality (noun)

the number of deaths within a particular area, group etc

mortality (noun)

formal death

mortality (noun)

the fact that your life will end

dying (adjective)

done or spoken just before death

bereavement (noun)

the situation you are in when a close friend or family member has just died

death rate (noun)

the number of deaths in a particular area in one year

bereaved (adjective)

a bereaved person is someone whose close friend or family member has recently died

decease (noun)

formal a person's death

the bereaved (noun)

someone whose close friend or family member has recently died

bereavement (noun)

an instance of a close friend or a member of your family dying

bless his/her soul ()

used for showing love or respect when you talk about someone who is dead

d. (abbreviation)

died: used before the date of someone’s death

deathbed (noun)

a bed in which someone dies or is about to die

deathbed (adjective)

done when you are about to die

death certificate (noun)

an official document signed by a doctor providing details of how and when someone died

deathly (adjective)

making you think of death or a dead person

deathly (adverb)

in a way that makes you think of death or a dead person

death rattle (noun)

a sound sometimes made in the throat of someone who is dying

death sentence (noun)

informal something that will cause someone to die

death throes (noun)

uncontrolled shaking and twisting movements of someone who is dying in pain

death toll (noun)

the number of people who are killed on a particular occasion

demise (noun)

very formal the death of a person

end (noun)

literary someone’s death

fatality (noun)

the ability of a disease or accident to kill people

ghoulish (adjective)

getting pleasure from unpleasant situations involving death

the grave (noun)

literary death

the Grim Reaper (noun)

an imaginary character who represents death. It is usually shown as a skeleton wearing a long black cloak with a hood and carrying a scythe (=a tool for cutting grass).

in extremis (adverb)

formal at the moment when you are about to die

last gasp (mainly literary)

mainly literary the last breath that someone takes before dying

last words (noun)

the last thing that someone says before they die

lose (verb)

if you lose a member of your family or a friend, they die

lose someone to something ()

if you lose someone to something such as a disease, they die as a result of it

loss (noun)

the death of someone

loss of life ()

the deaths of a lot of people in an accident, war etc

morbid (adjective)

showing a strong interest in subjects such as death that most people think are unpleasant

passing (noun)

someone’s death. This word is used to avoid saying ‘death’ when you think this might upset someone

posthumous (adjective)

given to someone after their death, or happening after their death

quietus (noun)

literary death

rigor mortis (noun)

a condition that affects the body after death, in which it becomes stiff

someone’s last/final breath ()

the moment when someone dies

someone would turn in their grave ()

used for saying that someone who is now dead would be very surprised or sad about something that is happening if they could see it

sympathy card (noun)

a card that you send to say you are sorry that someone has died