Synonyms for perish
Definitions
- v. 1
To die; to cease to live.
Related words
- Word family
- perishability perishable
Forms
- Past participle
- perished
e.g. perished → died, deceased, passed, expired…
Choose the right word
Knowledge and fame, art and empires, may be said to perish; the word denotes utter destruction and decay.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- die Better to die standing than to live on your knees.
- disappear Tom watched the plane disappear into the distance.
- croak We're basically waiting for someone to croak.
By length
- 2 letters
- go1
- 3 letters
- die1
- 4 letters
- fall1, pass1, exit2
- 5 letters
- waste1, decay2, croak1
- 6 letters
- depart2, expire2
- 7 letters
- crumble2, succumb2, decease2
- 9 letters
- disappear3, decompose3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exit2 = 2 syllables).