Death : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'death': discover synonyms for the word death, such as decease or dying.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as death. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": dying and demise.


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Synonyms for death sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for death Degree of synonymy of death Frequency in the language
decease
   13711 0.04  
dying
   13531 66.98  
demise
   13328 1.71  
destruction
   12270 11.51  
end
   11633 265.86  
last
   10944 723.10  
life
   8561 796.65  
fatality
   8485 0.90  
mortality
   8302 1.51  
corpse
   8169 10.10  
suicide
   8018 34.25  
blood
   7977 186.12  
extirpation
   7895  
homicide
   7865 15.33  
penalty
   7855 9.10  
dead
   7850 448.98  
extinction
   7847 1.49  
apoptosis
   7770  
agony
   7722 3.75  
sorrow
   7680 6.86  

Lexical field of "death"

dying
demise
decease
destruction
last
end
killing
fatal
murdering
homicide
died
dead
disappearance
dies
fatality
killed
die
slain
suicide
killer
deadly
assassination
deceased
kill
fatalities
mortality
executions
perished
corpse
execution
coroner
sentence
life
funeral
grave
grief
cremation
sentencing
punishment
postmortem
kills
mortal
sentences
sorrow
executed
afterlife
martyred
extinction
extermination
extirpation