Word associated with death

Below is a massive list of death words — that is, words related to death. The top 4 are: funeral, demise, dying and end. You can get the definition(s) of a word in the list below by tapping the question-mark icon next to it. The words at the top of the list are the ones most associated with death, and as you go down the relatedness becomes more slight. By default, the words are sorted by relevance/relatedness, but you can also get the most common death terms by using the menu below, and there’s also the option to sort the words alphabetically so you can get death words starting with a particular letter. You can also filter the word list so it only shows words that are also related to another word of your choosing. So for example, you could enter «funeral» and click «filter», and it’d give you words that are related to death and funeral.

You can highlight the terms by the frequency with which they occur in the written English language using the menu below. The frequency data is extracted from the English Wikipedia corpus, and updated regularly. If you just care about the words’ direct semantic similarity to death, then there’s probably no need for this.

There are already a bunch of websites on the net that help you find synonyms for various words, but only a handful that help you find related, or even loosely associated words. So although you might see some synonyms of death in the list below, many of the words below will have other relationships with death — you could see a word with the exact opposite meaning in the word list, for example. So it’s the sort of list that would be useful for helping you build a death vocabulary list, or just a general death word list for whatever purpose, but it’s not necessarily going to be useful if you’re looking for words that mean the same thing as death (though it still might be handy for that).

If you’re looking for names related to death (e.g. business names, or pet names), this page might help you come up with ideas. The results below obviously aren’t all going to be applicable for the actual name of your pet/blog/startup/etc., but hopefully they get your mind working and help you see the links between various concepts. If your pet/blog/etc. has something to do with death, then it’s obviously a good idea to use concepts or words to do with death.

If you don’t find what you’re looking for in the list below, or if there’s some sort of bug and it’s not displaying death related words, please send me feedback using this page. Thanks for using the site — I hope it is useful to you! 🐲

Expression Definition Context Notes Die in a hole To die Slang Usually used when annoyed at someone The Big Adios To die Euphemistic slang Ex: «Live life to the fullest before the big Adios!» Reset character To die Euphemistic slang Refers to video games where «resetting one’s character» involves deliberately killing them and letting them respawn or load from a save. It’s clipped To die/be killed Slang New York Slang for saying something is over. On the wrong side of the grass Dead Euphemistic slang Refers to the practice of burying the dead. Such individuals are below the grass as opposed to above it, hence being on the «wrong side». Get smoked To be killed Slang An hero To commit suicide Slang Related to the suicide of Mitchell Henderson. A eulogy dedicated to him on MySpace allegedly made the typo «an hero», which was later popularized by the image board 4chan. Its grammatical use is ill-defined. At peace^[1] Dead Euphemistic At rest^[1] Dead Polite Augered in Died via aircraft crash Slang As documented in The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe Belly up^[1] Dead Informal The orientation of fish when dead Beyond the grave^[1] After death Neutral In reference to communication with the dead Beyond the veil^[2] The mysterious place after death Neutral Originally used to refer to the ‘veil’ that hides the innermost sanctuary of the Temple in Jerusalem. Sometimes refers to just a mysterious place. Big sleep^[2] To die or be killed Euphemistic Could be in reference to Raymond Chandler’s ‘The Big Sleep’ Bite the dust^[2] To die or be killed Informal Also means ‘failed’ Bite the big one^[2] To die Informal North American. Born asleep Stillbirth Neutral Breathe one’s last^[1] To die Literary Brown bread^[3] Dead Slang Cockney rhyming slang for ‘dead’. Bought the farm^[2] Died Slang Also, shortened to ‘bought it’ Bucket list List of things to do before dying Popular culture derivation Derived from the older phrase «kick the bucket»; popularized by the 2007 film The Bucket List Cargo 200 Corpses of soldiers Military code word used in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet states referring to the transportation of military casualties Military slang Cark-it^[4] To die Informal, another version of ‘croaked it’; common in UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand The guy was running, had a heart attack and carked it. Cash in one’s chips^[2] To die Informal, euphemistic^[5] Redemption for cash of gambling counters at the end of a game Candyman Supernatural suicide TV/Movie Say ‘Candyman’ 5 times while looking in a mirror, and the Candyman appears and kills you with his hooked right hand. Catching the bus^[6] To suicide Slang Originated from the Usenet newsgroup alt.suicide.holiday Charon Ferryman of Hades Neutral Crosses the rivers Styx and Acheron which divide the world of the living from the world of the dead Check out To die Euphemism Choir Eternal To die Humorous British. «Join the choir eternal» Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch. Come to a sticky end^[1] To die in a way that is considered unpleasant Humorous British. Also ‘to meet a sticky end’. Counting worms^[5] Dead Euphemistic Croak^[7] To die Slang Crossed the Jordan Died Biblical/Revivalist The deceased has entered the Promised Land (i.e. Heaven) Curtains Death Theatrical The final curtain at a dramatic performance Dead as a dodo^[2] Dead Informal The ‘dodo’, flightless bird from the island of Mauritius hunted to extinction Dead as a doornail^[1] Obviously dead Informal Charles Dickens used this phrase at the beginning of A Christmas Carol. Death by misadventure Avoidable death Formal/legal Death resulting from risk-taking Decapitation The act of killing by removing a person’s head, usually with an axe or other bladed instrument A much-favoured method of execution used around the world. Notable examples include the French Revolution via guillotine, and the Tudor times using an axe. Deleted Murdered Literary Defenestration The act of killing by throwing a person out of a window Departed^[1] To die Neutral Destroyed To die Neutral Usually refers to the humane killing of an animal Die with one’s boots on To die while able, or during activity, as opposed to in infirmity or while asleep. Euphemistic Old West usage: To die in a gunfight, as with the film They Died with Their Boots On. Also connotes dying in combat. British; cf. Iron Maiden’s Die With Your Boots On. Didn’t make it Killed in action (see below) Euphemistic Done for^[1] About to die Neutral Drop dead^[1] Die suddenly Neutral also slang aggressive dismissal Dropping like flies^[8] Dying in droves Simile also falling ill in numbers Drop the Body Died Euphemistic Used by new-age spiritually minded people instead of the term died, suggesting that, while the person’s body died, his or her spirit lives on Entered the homeland 1950’s Grave England Euphemistic Eaten a twinkie^{[citation needed]} Die Humorous Relates to a perception among Australians that American food (Twinkies being a quintessential example) is toxic, due to its use of such ingredients (not used in Australian-made products) as high-fructose corn syrup. Erased Murdered Literary Euthanasia Assisted suicide Formal Expire Natural end Neutral Exterminate Kill Directive Exclaimed by Daleks (from Doctor Who) when ordered to kill Extinct When a species as a whole ceases to exist Formal Fading away^[1] To be weakening and close to death Neutral Also to be ‘fading fast’ Fall off one’s perch^[9] To die Informal Fall off the toilet To die, often in an untimely or unexpected manner Informal Food for worms^[2] Someone who is dead Slang Also ‘worm food’ Fratricide Murder among siblings Formal Free one’s horses To die Neutral Game end To kill Informal Genocide To completely exterminate all of a kind Formal Give up the ghost^[2] To die Neutral The soul leaving the body Glue factory To die Neutral Usually refers to the death of a horse Gone to a better place^[10] To die Euphemistic Heaven Go over the Big Ridge^[11] To die Unknown Go bung^[2] To die Informal Australian. Also means ‘to fail’ or ‘to go bankrupt’. Go for a Burton To die/break irreparably Informal British, from WWII. Go to Davy Jones’s locker^[2] To drown or otherwise die at sea Euphemistic Peregrine Pickle describes Davy Jones as ‘the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep’. Go to the big [place] in the sky To die and go to heaven Informal A place in the afterlife paralleling the deceased’s life, such as «Big ranch in the sky».^[12] Go home in a box^[13] To be shipped to one’s birthplace, dead Slang, euphemistic^[5] Go out with one’s boots on/with a bang/in style To die while doing something enjoyed Informal Go to, or head for, the last roundup^[11] To die Euphemistic Associated with dying cowboys, along with «Going to that big ranch in the sky.» Go to one’s reward^[2] To die Euphemistic Final reckoning, just deserts after death Go to one’s watery grave^[1] To die of drowning Literary Go to a Texas cakewalk^[11] To be hanged Unknown Go the way of all flesh^[2] To die Neutral Go west^[2] To be killed or lost Informal Refers to the sun setting at the west. The Grim Reaper^[2] Personification of death Cultural A skeleton with a scythe, often in a cloak Hand in one’s dinner pail^[2] To die Informal No longer required at workmen’s canteen Happy hunting ground Dead Informal Used to describe the afterlife according to Native Americans Hara-kiri (Ritual) suicide by disembowelment Japanese See Seppuku. Often misspelt as Hari-kari. Have one foot in the grave^[2] To be close to death because of illness or age Informal, sometimes humorous History Dead Informal Usually interpreted as «to be history.» (Get) Hit by a bus To die suddenly and prematurely Informal Hop on the last rattler^[5] To die Euphemistic «Rattler» is a slang expression for a freight train. Hop the twig^[2] To die Informal Also ‘to hop the stick’. Pagan belief that to jump a stick on the ground leads to the Afterworld. In Abraham’s bosom^[2] In heaven Neutral From the Holy Bible, Luke 16:22. Join the choir invisible^[14] To die Neutral From an 1867 poem by George Eliot Join the great majority^[2] To die Euphemistic First used by Edward Young, but the phrase ‘the majority’ is extremely old. Justifiable homicide Homicide Formal Murder of lesser culpability attracting a lighter penalty Kermit (suicide)^[15] To commit suicide, usually via falling from a great height Humorous Originated from a remixed video of Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street and a Kermit the Frog doll falling off a building.^[16] Kick the bucket^[2] To die Informal In suicidal hanging.^[17] Also ‘kick off’ (American).^[1] Kick the calendar To die Slang, informal Polish saying. ‘Calendar’ implies somebody’s time of death (kicking at particular moment of time) Killed In Action (KIA) Death of military personnel due to enemy action Military language, official and informal use King of Terrors^[2] Personification of death Neutral Of Biblical origin, found in Job 18:14 Also refers to death itself Kiss one’s arse goodbye Prepare to die Slang Late Posthumous Lights out To die Slang Going into Eternal Oblivion Live on a farm (upstate) To die Euphemism Usually referring to the death of a pet, especially if the owners are parents with children, i.e. «The dog went to live on a farm.» Lose one’s life^[1] To die in an accident or violent event Neutral Lost To die in an accident or violent event Make the ultimate sacrifice^[1] To die while fighting for a cause Formal Also ‘make the supreme sacrifice’ Matricide Mother murdered Formal Meet one’s maker^[2] To die Euphemistic According to Christian belief, soul meets God for final judgment Murder Death Kill (MDK) Homicide TV/Movie From 1993 film Demolition Man Night The state of death Euphemism From the poem by Dylan Thomas, «Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.» Not long for this world^[1] Will die soon; have little time left to live Old-fashioned Not with us anymore Dead Euphemistic Off on a boat^[5] To die Euphemistic Viking Off the hooks^[2] Dead Informal British. Not to be confused with ‘off the hook’ (no longer in trouble). On one’s deathbed^[1] Dying Neutral On one’s last legs^[2] About to die Informal One’s hour has come^[1] About to die Literary One’s number is up^[1] One is going to die Slang Oofed To die Humorous Popularized from the video game Roblox; when referring to suicide, one may «oof themselves». Pass away^[1] To die Euphemism; polite Also ‘to pass on’ Pass in one’s alley^[2] To die Informal Australian Patricide Murders father Formal Pay the ultimate price^[1] To die for a cause or principle Neutral Similar to «To make the ultimate sacrifice» Peg out^[1] To die Slang British. Also means ‘to stop working’ Peppered To be shot to death Slang Usually refers to being shot multiple times (i.e. peppered with bullet holes). Perish Synonym for death (neutral) Pop one’s clogs^[2] To die Humorous,^[1] Informal^[2] British. «Pop» is English slang for «pawn.» A 19th-century working man might tell his family to take his clothes to the pawn shop to pay for his funeral, with his clogs among the most valuable items. Promoted to Glory Death of a Salvationist Formal Salvation Army terminology. Pull the plug^[2] To kill, or allow to die Euphemism Removal of life support, such as turning off the power, or «pull the plug» on a ventilator keeping someone alive. Push up daisies^[2] To have died and be buried under the ground Humorous,^[1] Euphemistic^[5] Early 20th century—also ‘under the daisies’, and ‘turn one’s toes up to the daisies’, which date back to the mid-19th century. (See ‘to turn up one’s toes’ below.) Put down/put to sleep To be euthanised Euphemism Euthanasia of an animal Put one to the sword To kill someone Literary Rainbow Bridge Dead Euphemism Usually referring to the death of a pet, e.g. «Crossing the Rainbow Bridge.» Ride the pale horse^[5] To die Euphemistic In the Biblical passage Revelation 6:8, a pale horse is ridden by Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The expression «behold a pale horse» has been used as the title of a 1964 film by Fred Zinnemann and a 1991 book by ufologist William Milton Cooper. Run one through To kill someone, usually by stabbing Euphemism Send one to Eternity or to the Promised Land To kill someone Literary Go/send to Belize To die/to kill somebody Euphemism From Season 5 of the television series Breaking Bad Send (or go) to the farm To die Euphemism Usually referring to the death of a pet, especially if the owners are parents of young children e.g. «The dog was sent to a farm.» Shade The state of death Euphemism From the poem «Invictus,» by William Ernest Henley: «Beyond this place of wrath and tears, Looms but the horror of the shade.» Shake hands with Elvis To die Euphemism Shake hands with a well-known person who has (presumably) died. Shuffle off this mortal coil^[1] To die Humorous, Literary^[2] from the To be, or not to be soliloquy from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Six feet under^[2] Dead Informal Six feet is the traditional depth of a grave Sleeping with the fishes Murdered, then disposed of in water. Slang Popularized by The Godfather Snuffed out Murdered Literary As in extinguishing a candle, or simply «snuff it» Step off To die Informal, euphemistic Character Ron Birdwell in the movie The Late Show (1977): «I’m always sorry to hear any of God’s creatures stepping off.» Struck down^[1] To be killed by an illness Neutral Usually passive Suicide To take one’s own life Formal Sunset Dead Formal Swim with concrete shoes Gangster murder Slang Take a dirt nap^[18] To die and be buried Slang Take a last bow^[5] To die Slang Take one’s own life To commit suicide Euphemism Take/took the easy way out^[19] To commit suicide Euphemism Based on the original meaning of the phrase of taking the path of least resistance. Take the last train to glory^[2] To die Euphemism Uplifting Christian take on destination heaven Tango Uniform^{[citation needed]} Dead, irreversibly broken Military slang This is «T.U.» in the ICAO spelling alphabet, an abbreviation for Tits Up (aeroplane crashed) Terminate; especially, terminate with extreme prejudice To kill; especially when carrying out an assassination as part of a covert operation. Euphemism; military slang Originated during the Vietnam War; later popularized by the films Apocalypse Now and The Terminator Toaster Bath Commit suicide via a toaster in a bathtub Slang Topped yourself Committed suicide Slang Turn up one’s toes^[2] To die Slang An alternative of ‘turn one’s toes up to the daisies’ (see ‘push up daisies’ above.) Up and die Unexpected death, leaving loose ends Euphemistic Waste^[20] To kill Slang Wearing a pine overcoat (i.e. a wooden coffin)^{[citation needed]} Dead Slang Idiom used by American gangsters of the early 20th century. Wiped out…way up.. Dead, usually if multiple individuals die Neutral Worm food or worm bait Dead Slang To join the whisperers in the proses of death Euphemism From the television series Lost: the Whispers were voices of those who died, yet were unable to move on and therefore remained on the island as whispers Pump full of lead Shot to death Informal

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• electrocutionnoun«
• courageouslyadv«
• trivializeverb«
• appallverb«
• defyverb«
• knollnoun«
• gluttonousadj«
• loomingverb«
• preferringverb«
• premonitionsnoun«
• cheatingnoun verb adj«
• wailsnoun verb«
• irredeemableadj«
• detersverb«

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

How do I create a crossword template?

For the easiest crossword templates, WordMint is the way to go!

Pre-made templates

For a quick and easy pre-made template, simply search through WordMint’s existing 500,000+ templates. With so many to choose from, you’re bound to find the right one for you!

Create your own from scratch

• Log in to your account (it’s free to join!)
• Head to ‘My Puzzles’
• Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Crossword’
• Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen clues and answers
• That’s it! The template builder will create your crossword template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a word document or pdf and print!

How do I choose the clues for my crossword?

Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students’ problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

Can I print my crossword template?

All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!

Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students’ learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.