Synonyms of kill
100 similar words · 18 opposite words
Another word for kill is slaughter. Other synonyms of kill are take, exterminate, smite, dispatch and end. The opposite of kill is whelp.
Synonyms and similar words for kill
verbTo put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- assassinate
- bump offTo kill, especially to murder.
- dispatchTo destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- drillTo shoot; to kill by shooting.
- iceTo kill (in reference to and hypothetically by Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
- knock offTo kill.
- liquidateTo kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder...
- murderTo kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
- murkTo kill or eliminate.
- rub outTo kill, especially to murder.
- slaughterTo kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
- slayTo delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
- smokeTo snuff out; to kill, especially with a gun.
- topTo murder or execute.
- whack
- claim
- account forTo kill, as in hunting.
verbTo render inoperative.
verbTo use up or to waste.
verbTo exert oneself to an excessive degree.
- annihilate informal
- bust one's ass slang, vulgarTo work very hard, to put in a great amount of effort.
verbMore synonyms
- bagTo catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- baptize
- bereave of life
- blight
- bring down
- buryTo kill or murder.
- cack US, slangTo kill.
- compromised to a permanent end
- croakTo kill.
- crush
- dash
- deadTo kill.
- demolish
- destroy
- dispose of
- do slangTo kill.
- do inTo kill or end; to defeat.
- dustTo kill.
- eliminateTo kill (a person or animal).
- end
- eradicate
- ex
- exterminateTo kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population, often of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
- finish
- finish offTo kill, to cause to die.
- flatten
- greaseTo kill.
- lay waste to
- make away with
- mercTo kill.
- neutralizeTo kill.
- obliterate
- offTo kill.
- pay off
- pick off
- polish off
- pop offTo kill someone.
- punch someone's ticketTo seriously harm or kill someone.
- put an end toTo terminate or abolish.
- put down
- put someone out of their misery
- put six feet under
- put to sleepTo kill an animal painlessly, often with an injection.
- ravage
- ruin
- scotch
- scupperTo thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
- scuttle
- send to eternity
- send to hell
- send to the grave
- send to the great beyond
- send to the next life
- slime outTo kill.
- smash
- smiteTo strike down or kill with godly force.
- snuffTo snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.
- squash
- stiffTo kill.
- stop someone's clockTo kill someone.
- takeTo remove or end by death; to kill.
- terminateTo kill someone or something.
- terminate with extreme prejudiceTo murder; to assassinate.
- top off UK, slang
- torpedo
- take care ofTo kill.
- take downTo defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- take outTo kill or destroy.
- wasteTo kill; to murder.
- waxTo kill, especially to murder a person.
- wetTo kill or seriously injure.
- wipe out
- wreck
- mortify obsoleteTo kill.
- shut up datedTo murder, kill.
Opposite of kill
verbMore antonyms
- save
- rescue
- resurrect
- revive
- raise
- reanimate
- reawaken
- requickenTo quicken anew; to reanimate or give new life to.
- revivify
- raise from the deadTo make (someone) alive after having died, to bring (someone) back to life.
- vitalise
- vivificateTo give life to; to animate or vitalise.
- vivify
- give birth
- germinate
- spawn
- whelpTo give birth.
- birth dated
Meaning of kill
- verb To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- verb To render inoperative.
- verb To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
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Questions about synonyms of kill
- What is another word for kill?
- Kill has 100 synonyms on Word.ws, such as slaughter, take, exterminate, smite, dispatch, end and claim.
- What is the opposite of kill?
- The opposite of kill is whelp. Other antonyms of kill are save.
- What does kill mean?
- Kill means to put to death; to extinguish the life of.
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