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Synonyms of die in English:

die


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verb

1‘he was eighteen when his mother died’

SYNONYMS
pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the Styx
informal give up the ghost, kick the bucket, bite the dust, croak, flatline, conk out, buy it, turn up one's toes, cash in one's chips, go belly up, shuffle off this mortal coil, go the way of the dinosaurs
push up the daisies, be six feet under
British informal snuff it, peg out, pop one's clogs, hop the stick, hop the twig
North American informal bite the big one, buy the farm, check out, hand in one's dinner pail
Australian, New Zealand informal go bung
literary exit
archaic decease
ANTONYMS

live, survive

2‘the last hope that there had been some mistake died’

SYNONYMS
fade, fall away, dwindle, melt away, dissolve, subside, decline, sink, lapse, ebb, wane, wilt, wither, evanesce, come to an end, end, vanish, disappear
ANTONYMS

exist

3‘the car gave a stutter and the engine died’

SYNONYMS
fail, cut out, give out, stop, halt, break down, stop working, cease to function
peter out, fizzle out, run down, fade away, lose power
informal conk out, go kaput, give up the ghost, go phut
British informal pack up
ANTONYMS

start

4‘I'm going to die of boredom in this place’

SYNONYMS
be overcome with, be overwhelmed by, be overpowered by, collapse with, succumb to

5‘she's just dying to meet you’

SYNONYMS
be very eager, be very keen, be desperate, long, yearn, burn, ache, itch
informal have a yen, yen
ANTONYMS

be reluctant


Phrases

    die away

    ‘the sound of hoofbeats died away’


    SYNONYMS
    fade, fade away, fall away, dwindle, melt away, subside, ebb, wane, come to an end
    die out

    ‘the trout population could die out completely’


    SYNONYMS
    become extinct, vanish, disappear, cease to be, cease to exist, be no more, perish, pass into oblivion
    become less common, become rarer, dwindle, peter out
    die down

    ‘we sheltered until the wind had died down’


    SYNONYMS
    abate, subside, drop, drop off, drop away, fall away, lessen, ease, ease off, let up, decrease, diminish, moderate, decline, fade, dwindle, slacken, recede, tail off, peter out, taper off, wane, ebb, relent, become weaker, weaken, come to an end
    archaic remit