killing

The word “killing” has 2 syllables: kil-ling

It's pronounced as /ˈkɪlɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for killing?

In the thesaurus, “killing” has 295 synonyms and 112 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for killing

abbreviating
alluring
amusing
annihilating
annihilation
antic
arduous
arresting
assassinating
assassination
beckoning
beguiling
bewitching
blackballing
blacking out
blacklisting
bleeping
blipping
blithesome
bloodbath
bloodletting
bloodshed
blotting out
blue-penciling
bottom line
bowdlerizing
braking
breaking
bump off
bumping off
burdensome
burning out
busting
butchering
butchery
campy
canceling
cancelling
capital punishment
captivating
carnage
carrying off
censoring
challenging
charming
chocking
chucklesome
claiming
cleanup
clipping
clownish
comedic
comic
comical
compensation
courting
croaking
cropping
cutting
cutting down
cutting off
deactivating
death
debilitating
decimating
decimation
declining
deleing
deleting
delighting
demanding
demolishing
destroying
destruction
devastation
difficult
disallowing
disapproving
disarming
dismantling
dismissing
dispatching
diverting
doing away with
doing for
doing in
doing up
downing
draining
drawing
drawing up
droll
earnings
effacing
eliding
emolument
enchanting
enervating
enfeebling
enrapturing
entertaining
enthralling
enticing
entrancing
eradicating
eradication
erasing
euthanatizing
euthanizing
exacting
excising
executing
execution
exhausting
expunging
expurgating
extermination
facetious
fagging
farcical
fascinating
fatiguing
felling
finishing
flip
flippant
formidable
foul play
frazzling
funny
gain
genocide
getting
gleeful
gratifying
gross
grueling
gruelling
halting
harassing
hard
herculean
hilarious
holocaust
homicide
humoristic
humorous
hysteric
hysterical
icing
income
interest
interesting
intriguing
inviting
jamming
jocose
jocular
jocund
jokey
joky
jolly
jovial
killing off
knockabout
knocking off
knocking out
laborious
laughable
laughing
laundering
lucre
ludicrous
luring
mad
magnetizing
making away with
manslaughter
martyring
massacre
massacring
merry
mirthful
mortality
mothballing
mowing
murder
murdering
negativing
net
neutralizing
nixing
obliterating
offing
onerous
oppressive
outwearing
pay
payment
payoff
persnickety
pert
phasing out
playful
pleasing
pogrom
priceless
proceeds
profit
pulling
putting away
putting down
red-penciling
redacting
refusing
remittal
removing
repressing
requital
revenue
rich
ridiculous
rigid
rigorous
riotous
risible
rough
rubbing out
rugged
salary
sales
sapping
scragging
screaming
seducing
severe
shooting down
shortening
shutting off
sidesplitting
silencing
slapstick
slapsticky
slaughter
slaughtering
slaying
smart
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
smiting
snickery
snuffing
soliciting
stalling
stern
sticking
stiff
strenuous
strict
stringent
suiciding
suppressing
taking
taking out
taxing
tempting
terminating
testing
tiring
toilsome
tough
trying
turning off
uproarious
vetoing
wages
waggish
washing out
wasting
weakening
wearing
wearing out
wearing to a frazzle
wearying
whacking
whimsical
wiling
windfall
wiping out
witching
witty
wooing
wry
yield
zany

Antonyms for killing

activating
actuating
admitting
affecting
allowing
animating
annoying
approving
birth
boring
charge
charging
confirming
cost
disbursement
discharging
disgusting
displeasing
driving
earnest
easy
effortless
electing
electrifying
energizing
expenditure
expense
facile
firing
fueling
fuelling
generating
grave
humorless
invigorating
irking
lachrymose
lame
launching
light
loss
mournful
moving
no-nonsense
nondemanding
nurturing
offending
outgo
outlay
passing
poignant
powering
propelling
pushing
raising
ratifying
reactivating
recharging
rejuvenating
relaxing
releasing
repelling
resting
restoring
resurrecting
resuscitating
reviving
revolting
running
sad
sanctioning
sedate
serious
setting off
severe
simple
smooth
sober
sobersided
solemn
somber
sombre
sorrowful
sparking
staid
starting
stetting
strengthening
supporting
switching
tearful
tiring
touching
touching off
tragic
tragical
triggering
tripping
turning on
unamusing
unchallenging
uncomic
undemanding
unfunny
unhumorous
unhysterical
unsmiling
unwinding
vitalizing
wearying
weighty
woeful

Meanings of killing

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.
noun
1. An instance of someone being killed.
2. (usually as make a killing) A large amount of money.
adjective
1. That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
2. Devastatingly attractive.
3. That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.

Example Sentences

The detective was determined to solve the killing that had shocked the entire community.
In the movie, the plot revolves around a series of mysterious killings that the protagonist must investigate.
The killing of endangered species has serious implications for biodiversity and the ecosystem.
He was charged with the killing after the evidence pointed directly to him.
The documentary highlighted the impact of illegal killing of wildlife on conservation efforts.

On this page you'll find 407 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to killing, such as: abbreviating, activating, actuating, admitting, affecting, allowing, alluring.

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