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DYING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DYING?

Need another word that means the same as “dying”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “dying” in this overview.

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Dying as a Noun
Definitions of "Dying" as a noun
Synonyms of "Dying" as a noun (2 Words)
Usage Examples of "Dying" as a noun
Dying as an Adjective
Definitions of "Dying" as an adjective
Synonyms of "Dying" as an adjective (13 Words)
Usage Examples of "Dying" as an adjective
Associations of "Dying" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Dying” are: anxious, terminally ill, in the jaws of death, near death, passing away, moribund, breathing one's last, not long for this world, final, last, declining, passing, waning, death, demise

Dying as a Noun

Definitions of "Dying" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dying” as a noun can have the following definitions:

The time when something ends.

Synonyms of "Dying" as a noun (2 Words)

death	The personification of death. He seemed more content in death* than he had ever been in life.*
demise	The end or failure of an enterprise or institution. The demise* of industry.*

Usage Examples of "Dying" as a noun

A dying of old hopes.

Dying as an Adjective

Definitions of "Dying" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dying” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

Gradually ceasing to exist or function; in decline and about to disappear.
In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be.
(of a period of time) final; closing.
Eagerly desirous.
On the point of death.
Occurring at or connected with the time that someone dies.

Synonyms of "Dying" as an adjective (13 Words)

anxious	Eagerly desirous. The company was anxious* to avoid any trouble.*
breathing one's last	Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination.
declining	Becoming smaller, fewer, or less; decreasing. Declining industries.
final	Reached or designed to be reached as the outcome of a process or a series of actions and events. The final* chapter.*
in the jaws of death	Directed or bound inward.
last	Not to be altered or undone. Whether they were accomplices in the last* degree or a lesser one was to be determined individually.*
moribund	(of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour. On examination she was moribund* and dehydrated.*
near death	Very close in resemblance.
not long for this world	Planning prudently for the future.
passing	(of a resemblance or similarity) slight. Passing cars.
passing away	Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough.
terminally ill	Being or situated at an end.
waning	Pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases.

Usage Examples of "Dying" as an adjective

A dying fire.
He strained to catch her dying words.
A dying civilization.
His dying wish.
Dying to hear who won.
The making of valves is a dying art.
He visited his dying mother.
The dying embers of the fire.
The dying moments of the match.
A dying man.

Associations of "Dying" (30 Words)

casualty	The department of a hospital providing immediate treatment for emergency cases. He went to casualty* to have a cut stitched.*
completion	A concluding action. The completion* date is early next year.*
death	The personification of death. An increase in deaths from skin cancer.
decease	Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. He deceased at his palace of Croydon.
demise	Transmit (a sovereign’s title) by death or abdication. The demised property.
end	The point in time at which something ends. My property ends by the bushes.
euthanasia	The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness.
expiry	The end of the period for which something is valid. An expiry* date.*
final	The final approach of an aircraft to the runway it will be landing on. The decision of the judging panel is final.
finis	The end (printed at the end of a book or shown at the end of a film). The market was up at the finish.
garrote	An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.
holocaust	An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire. A nuclear holocaust.
inter	Place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. He was interred with the military honours due to him.
intestacy	The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will.
intestate	A person who has died without having made a will. Intestate property.
knell	Proclaim something by or as if by a knell. Emails and text messages are sounding the knell* for the written word.*
last	The last mention or sight of someone or something. The bad weather lasted for three days.
moribund	(of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour. The moribund* commercial property market.*
perish	Die, especially in a violent or sudden way. I was perished with cold before the end of the day.
peroration	(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration. He summarized his main points in his peroration.
quietus	Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb.
remembrance	The action of remembering something. They exchanged fond remembrances of his gentle ways.
rip	The act of rending or ripping or splitting something. The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly.
sacrificial	Used in or connected with a sacrifice. An altar for sacrificial* offerings.*
sepulchral	Relating to a tomb or interment. The sepulchral* darkness of the catacombs.*
strangle	Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. They allowed bureaucracy to strangle* initiative.*
suffocate	Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of. The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor.
suffocation	A feeling of being trapped and oppressed. The occupants died of suffocation* inside the airtight compartment.*
valediction	A statement or address made at or as a farewell. His official memorial valediction.
valedictory	A farewell address. This book of memoirs reads like his valedictory.