DIED Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

died

verb

past tense of die

as in perished

to stop living the king died of old age after a long and fruitful reign

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as in stopped

to come to an end the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon

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as in crashed

to stop functioning fortunately, when the engine died we were only two blocks from home

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started (up)

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Recent Examples of died The two crew members — one Greek and one Danish national — died when their helicopter collided with another near the seaside area of Psatha while tackling the fire that started Friday morning. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator later determined the newborn died by homicide, finding that the child died from entrapment after being placed and tied inside a plastic trash bag beneath bloody paper towels and other garbage. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 His sister died in early 2019, and his mom had died a few years prior, and most posts are tributes to them, or raw expressions of despair. — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026 At least 72 migrants died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, Spanish authorities said Sunday. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 Rodney Walker, who won 300 games as a Georgia coach at nine schools and led West Rome to a 1984 state title, died May 9 at age 79. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026 While a retest took place in June, more than 20 students died by suicide in the aftermath of the leak. — Priyanka Salve,raksha Murali, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026 Barrere, who was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2015 and died four years later, was unable to tour with the group in 2013 and missed the summer leg of its 2019 tour. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026 At least 67 migrants died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, the Spanish government said Saturday. — Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for died

Verb

Spencer Long, his wife and three sons perished while on a hiking trip.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 July 2026
At least 5,000 people perished, most of them in La Guaira state, a strip of cities and slums crammed between the coastal cordillera and the Caribbean Sea, half an hour from Caracas.

— Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026

Definition of perished

Verb

During the video, a person wearing a gorilla suit walked directly through the scene, stopped, beat their chest, and walked away.

— Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Towa might not share her girlfriend’s passion for musicals, but that hasn’t stopped Rapp from dragging her to them anyway.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of stopped

Verb

Yet, just a few weeks ago, Zweigenhaft was on the floor inside Ragan-Brown Fieldhouse, matched up with a smallish guard who played fierce defense, crashed the boards and generally played with the aggression of Jose Alvarado of the New York Knicks.

— Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 30 July 2026
The Los Angeles Police Department closed the 105 Freeway in South LA after a human trafficking suspect crashed during a pursuit on Thursday.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of crashed

Verb

Israel even went after Tehran’s own leaders – killing former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – in the hope of triggering regime change, which has so far failed.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Brookfield was able to acquire a different version of the business from the one that had failed.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of failed

Verb

The second quarter could mark a new direction for the brand, which has succumbed to two consecutive quarters of sales declines and muted growth before that.

— Ella Graveney, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026
Charlotte Flair’s gear was dedicated to a young WWE fan named Scarlett who recently succumbed to brain cancer.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of succumbed

Verb

The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control added that the kennel facility’s permits expired in 2023, and alleged that multiple attempts by both county agencies to contact the owner, Blair, had gone unanswered.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
The new bonds replace the 2016 Road and Fire Equipment bonds, which expired at the end of 2025 and are projected to not increase the level of funding already on the tax bill.

— Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026