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Synonyms for conk out

22 synonyms
2 meanings

verb

Most common

die fail expire perish

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Die

go, die, give out, give way, break, pass, go bad, fail, sink, expire, perish, decease, kick the bucket informal, choke, peg out, succumb, croak

2. Peter out

peter out, poop out slang

Other

conch, zonk out slang, klunk out slang

Definitions

v. 1
To fall fast asleep; to sleep soundly.
He wasn't there, just the dog, conked out on the porch.
v. 2
To stop functioning.
The old car conked out halfway up the hill.

Related words

Other spellings: konk out

Example sentences

die Better to die standing than to live on your knees.
fail See to it that this letter is posted without fail.
expire Tom's driver's license will expire next month.
perish If a mouse only has one hole, it will soon perish.

By length

2 letters: go¹
3 letters: die¹
4 letters: pass¹, fail¹, sink¹
5 letters: break¹, choke¹, conch¹, croak¹
6 letters: expire², perish²
7 letters: succumb², decease²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (expire² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: tomber en panne
Español: descomponerse
Deutsch: streiken