killed

The word “killed” has 1 syllable: killed

It's pronounced as /kɪld/


What is synonym and antonym for killed?

In the thesaurus, “killed” has 206 synonyms and 73 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for killed along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for killed

  • abbreviated
  • abolished
  • allured
  • annihilated
  • arrested
  • assassinated
  • beckoned
  • beguiled
  • beheaded
  • bewitched
  • blackballed
  • blacked out
  • blacklisted
  • blasted
  • bleeped
  • blighted
  • blipped
  • blotted out
  • blue-penciled
  • bowdlerized
  • braked
  • broke
  • broken
  • bumped off
  • burned out
  • burnt out
  • bust
  • busted
  • butchered
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • captivated
  • carried off
  • casualty
  • censored
  • charmed
  • chocked
  • claimed
  • clipped
  • consumed
  • courted
  • croaked
  • cropped
  • crucified
  • cut
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • deactivated
  • dead
  • death toll
  • debilitated
  • decimated
  • declined
  • deled
  • deleted
  • delighted
  • demolished
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • did away with
  • did for
  • did in
  • did up
  • disallowed
  • disapproved
  • disarmed
  • disintegrated
  • dismantled
  • dismissed
  • dispatched
  • done for
  • downed
  • drained
  • drew
  • drew up
  • effaced
  • electrocuted
  • elided
  • enchanted
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • enraptured
  • enthralled
  • enticed
  • entranced
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • euthanatized
  • euthanized
  • excised
  • executed
  • exhausted
  • expunged
  • expurgated
  • fagged
  • fascinated
  • fatality
  • fatigued
  • felled
  • finished
  • frazzled
  • fried
  • garroted
  • gassed
  • got
  • gratified
  • guillotined
  • gutted
  • halted
  • hanged
  • harassed
  • iced
  • in trouble
  • incinerated
  • injured
  • interested
  • intrigued
  • invited
  • jammed
  • killed off
  • knocked off
  • knocked out
  • laundered
  • loss
  • lost
  • lured
  • made away with
  • magnetized
  • martyred
  • massacred
  • missing
  • mothballed
  • mowed
  • murdered
  • negatived
  • neutralized
  • nixed
  • obliterated
  • offed
  • outwore
  • overwhelmed
  • perished
  • phased out
  • pleased
  • prey
  • pulled
  • put away
  • put down
  • ravaged
  • razed
  • red-penciled
  • redacted
  • refused
  • removed
  • repressed
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • sapped
  • scragged
  • seduced
  • shattered
  • shortened
  • shot
  • shot down
  • shut off
  • silenced
  • slain
  • slaughtered
  • slew
  • smashed
  • smote
  • snuffed
  • solicited
  • stalled
  • stuck
  • sufferer
  • suicided
  • sunk
  • suppressed
  • tempted
  • terminated
  • tired
  • took
  • took out
  • torn down
  • totaled
  • turned off
  • vetoed
  • washed out
  • washed-up
  • wasted
  • weakened
  • wearied
  • whacked
  • wiled
  • wiped out
  • wiped-out
  • witched
  • wooed
  • wore
  • wore out
  • wore to a frazzle
  • wounded
  • wrecked

Antonyms for killed

  • activated
  • actuated
  • admitted
  • allowed
  • animated
  • annoyed
  • approved
  • bored
  • charged
  • confirmed
  • discharged
  • disgusted
  • displeased
  • drove
  • elected
  • electrified
  • energized
  • fired
  • fixed
  • fueled
  • fuelled
  • generated
  • honorable
  • honored
  • intact
  • invigorated
  • irked
  • lauded
  • launched
  • moved
  • nurtured
  • offended
  • passed
  • powered
  • propelled
  • protected
  • pushed
  • raised
  • ran
  • ratified
  • reactivated
  • recharged
  • rejuvenated
  • relaxed
  • released
  • repaired
  • repelled
  • rested
  • restored
  • resurrected
  • resuscitated
  • revived
  • revolted
  • run
  • sanctioned
  • saved
  • set off
  • sober
  • sparked
  • started
  • stetted
  • strengthened
  • successful
  • supported
  • switched
  • tired
  • touched off
  • triggered
  • tripped
  • turned on
  • unwound
  • vitalized
  • wearied

Meanings of killed

  • verb
    1. To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
    2. To render inoperative.
    3. To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
    4. To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
    5. To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.
    6. To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
    7. To use up or to waste.
    8. To exert an overwhelming effect on.
    9. To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
    10. To force a company out of business.
    11. To produce intense pain.
    12. To punish severely.
    13. To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
    14. To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
    15. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
    16. To cause to assume the value zero.
    17. (IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
    18. To deadmelt.
  • adjective
    1. (of steel) deoxidized.

Example Sentences

  • The documentary revealed how the fire killed hundreds of animals in the forest.
  • She was devastated when the accident killed her beloved pet.
  • The hero in the story killed the dragon to save the village.
  • The heavy rain killed all the outdoor plans we had for the weekend.
  • He killed the engine and stepped out to enjoy the fresh air.

On this page you'll find 279 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to killed, such as: abbreviated, abolished, activated, actuated, admitted, allowed, allured.

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able

  • accomplished
  • ace
  • adept
  • adequate
  • adroit
  • all-around
  • all-round
  • allowed
  • apt
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  • effective
  • empowered
  • enabled
  • equal
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  • experienced
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  • facile
  • fit
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  • in a position to
  • know the ropes
  • master
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  • practiced
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  • prepared
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  • skilled
  • skillful
  • smart
  • suitable
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  • talented
  • trained
  • up to it
  • up to snuff
  • versatile
  • veteran
  • willing

abolished

  • abated
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • archaic
  • asleep
  • atomized
  • avoided
  • banned
  • blacked out
  • blasted
  • blew up
  • blighted
  • blotted out
  • broke down
  • broken
  • bygone
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
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  • cold
  • collapsed
  • consumed
  • countermanded
  • crashed
  • crushed
  • cut
  • dashed
  • dead
  • dead and gone
  • decayed
  • deceased
  • decimated
  • defunct
  • demolished
  • departed
  • desolated
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • did away with
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • disappeared
  • discarded
  • disintegrated
  • dismantled
  • dismissed
  • dissipated
  • dissolved
  • ditched
  • done for
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  • doused
  • dropped
  • dynamited
  • effaced
  • ejected
  • eliminated
  • ended
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • exanimate
  • excised
  • expelled
  • expunged
  • exterminated
  • extinct
  • extinguished
  • extirpated
  • fallen
  • felled
  • finished
  • flattened
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forgotten
  • fragmented
  • frittered
  • gone
  • gutted
  • inactive
  • incinerated
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • killed
  • killed off
  • lapsed
  • late
  • lifeless
  • liquidated
  • lost
  • misspent
  • misused
  • negated
  • no longer known
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • obliterated
  • obsolete
  • ousted
  • out-of-date
  • outlawed
  • outmoded
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • overwhelmed
  • passed on
  • past
  • perished
  • powdered
  • prohibited
  • pulverized
  • quashed
  • ravaged
  • razed
  • recalled
  • rejected
  • removed
  • repealed
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • set aside
  • shattered
  • smashed
  • snuffed out
  • splintered
  • squandered
  • struck down
  • subverted
  • superseded
  • suspended
  • terminated
  • threw out
  • tore down
  • torn down
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • unknown
  • unremembered
  • vacated
  • vanished
  • vanquished
  • vetoed
  • void
  • voided
  • wasted
  • wiped out
  • wiped-out
  • withdrew
  • wrecked
  • wrote off
  • zapped

accomplished

  • able
  • absolute
  • ace
  • aced
  • achieved
  • actualized
  • adept
  • adroit
  • all-around
  • all-round
  • attained
  • bourgeois
  • brainy
  • brought about
  • brought off
  • capable
  • carried off
  • carried out
  • cerebral
  • certain
  • civil
  • civilized
  • clear
  • clever
  • committed
  • compassed
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  • compleat
  • complete
  • completed
  • conclusive
  • consummate
  • cool
  • cosmopolitan
  • courteous
  • couth
  • crack
  • crackerjack
  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • decisive
  • definite
  • deft
  • dexterous
  • dextrous
  • did
  • educated
  • effected
  • effective
  • effectual
  • effectuated
  • efficient
  • employable
  • ended
  • erudite
  • executed
  • experienced
  • expert
  • finished
  • fit
  • fitted
  • fulfilled
  • genteel
  • gifted
  • good
  • great
  • habile
  • hands-down
  • handy
  • hep
  • high-toned
  • highbrow
  • highbrowed
  • hip
  • hypercivilized
  • implemented
  • inarguable
  • incontestable
  • incontrovertible
  • indisputable
  • indubitable
  • intellectual
  • intellectualist
  • intellectualistic
  • irrefragable
  • irrefutable
  • knowledgeable
  • learned
  • literate
  • long-term
  • made
  • mannerly
  • master
  • masterful
  • masterly
  • middlebrow
  • multiskilled
  • multitalented
  • nailed
  • negotiated
  • old
  • overcivilized
  • oversophisticated
  • performed
  • perpetrated
  • polished
  • polite
  • positive
  • practiced
  • practised
  • professed
  • proficient
  • prosecuted
  • pulled off
  • put through
  • qualified
  • realized
  • reduplicated
  • reenacted
  • refined
  • repeated
  • savvy
  • scholarly
  • schooled
  • sharp
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • slick
  • sophisticated
  • sure
  • sure-handed
  • talented
  • taught
  • trained
  • tutored
  • unambiguous
  • unanswerable
  • unarguable
  • unchallengeable
  • uncontested
  • uncontradicted
  • undeniable
  • undisputed
  • unequivocal
  • unquestionable
  • unquestioned
  • urbane
  • versed
  • veteran
  • virtuoso
  • well-bred
  • well-read
  • well-rounded
  • went through
  • winded up
  • wised up
  • with it
  • workmanlike
  • wound up

backyard

  • Sunday
  • amateur
  • amateurish
  • avocational
  • courtyard
  • dilettante
  • environment
  • environs
  • garden
  • grass
  • inexperienced
  • inexpert
  • jackleg
  • lawn
  • naive
  • neighborhood
  • nonprofessional
  • part-time
  • patio
  • play area
  • primitive
  • purlieus
  • self-taught
  • surround
  • surroundings
  • terrace
  • uninitiated
  • unprepared
  • unprofessional
  • unqualified
  • unschooled
  • unskilled
  • untaught
  • untrained
  • untutored
  • vicinage
  • vicinity
  • weekend
  • yard

balletic

  • acrobatic
  • adroit
  • aesthetic
  • agile
  • artistic
  • athletic
  • beautiful
  • becoming
  • comely
  • controlled
  • coordinated
  • curvaceous
  • dainty
  • decorative
  • deft
  • delicate
  • dexterous
  • dextrous
  • easy
  • elastic
  • elegant
  • exquisite
  • fair
  • featly
  • feline
  • fine
  • fleet-footed
  • flexible
  • flowing
  • graceful
  • gracile
  • handsome
  • harmonious
  • light
  • light-fingered
  • light-foot
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  • lightsome
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  • lissom
  • lissome
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  • lithesome
  • loose-jointed
  • natural
  • neat
  • nimble
  • pleasing
  • pliable
  • pliant
  • poised
  • practiced
  • pretty
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  • rhythmic
  • seemly
  • shapely
  • skilled
  • slender
  • smooth
  • springy
  • spry
  • statuesque
  • supple
  • sure-footed
  • symmetrical
  • tasteful
  • trim
  • willowy

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