Synonyms of perishing

perishing 1 of 2

noun

as in dying

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dying
• death
• decease
• demise
• wilting
• withering
• expiration
• fading
• exit
• expiry
• waning
• expiring
• shrivelling
• shriveling
• end
• ebbing
• reversion
• retrogression
• decay
• regression
• declining
• decaying
• deterioration
• degeneration
• decadence
• decline
• declension
• descent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• growth
• maturing
• development
• maturation
• ripening
• flowering
• flourishing
• blossoming
• softening
• mellowing

perishing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of perish

1

as in falling

to stop living

12 people perished in the plane crash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dying
• falling
• departing
• disappearing
• succumbing
• expiring
• exiting
• ending
• fading
• passing (on)
• parting
• going
• passing away
• checking out
• buying it
• stepping out
• popping off
• croaking
• deceasing
• kicking off
• demising
• kicking in
• dropping
• pegging out
• snuffing it
• flatlining
• buying the farm
• failing
• giving up the ghost
• kicking the bucket
• biting the dust
• conking (out)
• consuming
• predeceasing
• drying up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• living
• breathing
• coming to
• existing
• reviving
• being
• lingering
• subsisting
• flourishing
• thriving
• prospering

2

as in rotting

chiefly British to go through decomposition

after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rotting
• decaying
• disintegrating
• decomposing
• putrefying
• deteriorating
• spoiling
• corrupting
• crumbling
• festering
• falling apart
• molding
• descending
• moldering
• fouling
• turning
• rusting
• breaking down
• running to seed
• polluting
• contaminating
• going to seed
• souring
• degenerating
• fermenting
• mortifying
• withering
• defiling
• tainting
• sinking
• curdling
• declining
• turning off
• addling
• dilapidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• growing
• aging
• developing
• maturing
• ripening
• ageing
• restoring
• renewing
• refreshing
• cleansing
• purifying
• improving
• integrating
• assembling
• composing
• ameliorating
• bettering
• meliorating