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| Main Entry: | die |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; stop living |
| Synonyms: | be no more, be taken, breathe one's last, cease to exist, conk*, croak*, decease, demise, depart, drop, drop off, drown, expire, finish, give up the ghost, go way of all flesh, kick the bucket*, perish, relinquish life, rest in peace, succumb, suffocate |
| Antonyms: | be born, begin, live |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | die |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wither, dwindle |
| Synonyms: | abate, crumble, decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, diminish, disappear, droop, ebb, end, expire, fade, fail, fall, halt, lapse, let up, moderate, molder, pass, peter out*, rankle, recede, retrograde, rot, run down, run out, sink, slacken, stop, subside, vanish, wane, weaken, wilt, bate, break down, dilapidate, ease off, fade away, fade out, fizzle out, go bad, go downhill, lose power, melt away, run low, wear away |
| Antonyms: | develop, flourish, grow, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cubes |
| Synonyms: | bones, counters, craps, ivories, pair of dice, shakers, tombstones |
| Main Entry: | cease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, conclude |
| Synonyms: | back off, break off, close, close out, culminate, desist, die, discontinue, drop, end, fail, finish, halt, knock off*, leave off, quit, refrain, shut down, stay, surcease, terminate, wind up*, bring to an end, call it a day, call it quits, come to an end, cut it out, give over, intermit, pack in, quit cold turkey |
| Notes: | cease means to put an end to a state or an activity, to stop - while seize means to take hold of, to grab |
| Antonyms: | begin, commence, continue, go, initiate, start, keep on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | choke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smother, block |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, gasp, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring, congest, garrote, gibbet, strangulate |
| Antonyms: | release, unblock, unconstrict |
| Main Entry: | decease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; expire |
| Synonyms: | cease, check out*, croak*, deep six, depart, die, drop, go, pass, pass away, pass over, perish, succumb, buy a one-way ticket, call off all bets, cool off, pass on |
| Antonyms: | bear, be born |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, clear, decamp, depart, die, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, ebb, end, escape, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, flee, fly, go, leave, melt, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, come to naught, dematerialize, die out, drop out of sight, end gradually, evanish, fade away, go south, leave no trace, melt away, take flight |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fizzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collapse, fall through |
| Synonyms: | abort, die, end, fail, fold, misfire, peter out*, wane, be a fiasco, come to nothing, end in defeat, end in disappointment, miscarry, miss the mark |
| Antonyms: | build, develop, progress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go under |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, submerge |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, default, die, drown, fall, fold, founder, go down, sink, submit, succumb, suffocate, surrender, submerse |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | lapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become void; fall back into previous pattern |
| Synonyms: | backslide, cease, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, die, elapse, end, expire, go by, pass, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, run out, slide, slip, subside, terminate, weaken, apostatize, become obsolete, recidivate |
| Antonyms: | continue, go on, restart |
| Main Entry: | mold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | form, pattern |
| Synonyms: | cast, cavity, character, class, depression, description, design, die, frame, image, impression, kind, lot, matrix, model, nature, shape, sort, stamp, type, womb |
| Main Entry: | pass away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, cease living, croak, decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, kick the bucket, meet one's maker, pass on, perish, succumb |
| Antonyms: | be born, live |
| Main Entry: | stall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay for own purposes |
| Synonyms: | arrest, avoid the issue, beat around the bush, brake, check, die, drag one's feet, equivocate, fence, filibuster, halt, hamper, hedge, hinder, hold off, interrupt, not move, play for time, postpone, prevaricate, put off, quibble, shut down, slow, slow down, stand, stand off, stand still, stay, still, stonewall*, stop, suspend, take one's time, tarry, temporize |
| Antonyms: | advance, allow, further, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vanish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappear |
| Synonyms: | clear, die, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade, melt, be lost, become invisible, dematerialize, die out, fade away, go away |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come |
| Main Entry: | wither |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | droop, decline |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, blast, blight, collapse, constrict, contract, decay, deflate, desiccate, deteriorate, die, disintegrate, dry, fade, fold, languish, perish, shrink, shrivel, wane, waste, wilt, become stale, dry up, waste away, wizen |
| Antonyms: | bloom, grow |
| Main Entry: | cube |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | six-sided solid |
| Synonyms: | die, hexahedron |
| Main Entry: | bite the dust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, cease living, croak, die, expire, kick off, kick the bucket, meet one's maker, pass on, push up daisies, succumb |
| Main Entry: | buy the farm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust, buy it, buy the ranch, cash in one's chips, cease living, croak, die, expire, farm, kick the bucket, meet one's maker, pass on, succumb |
| Main Entry: | expire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to an end |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust*, cease, close, conclude, croak*, decease, depart, die, elapse, end, finish, go, kick the bucket*, lapse, pass, pass away, pass over, perish, quit, run out, stop, strike out*, terminate, buy it, cash in chips, pass on, up and die |
| Antonyms: | bear, begin, commence, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decline, fall off |
| Synonyms: | abate, deteriorate, die, droop, ebb, fade, fail, faint, languish, peter out*, pine, sag, sink, slump, succumb, wane, weaken, weary, wilt, taper off |
| Antonyms: | increase, rise, strengthen, do well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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