martyrdom

The word “martyrdom” has 3 syllables: mar-tyr-dom

It's pronounced as /ˈmɑːr.tɚ.dəm/


What is synonym and antonym for martyrdom?

In the thesaurus, “martyrdom” has 32 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for martyrdom

  • annihilation
  • assassination
  • casualty
  • curtains
  • decease
  • demise
  • destruction
  • dissolution
  • doom
  • end
  • ending
  • execution
  • exit
  • expiration
  • expiry
  • extermination
  • fatality
  • fate
  • grave
  • great divide
  • killing
  • massacre
  • passage
  • passing
  • quietus
  • ruin
  • self-destruction
  • self-murder
  • self-slaughter
  • slaughter
  • sleep
  • suicide

Antonyms for martyrdom

Meanings of martyrdom

  • noun
    1. The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.
    2. Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason.

Example Sentences

  • His courageous martyrdom became a symbol of resistance for generations.
  • The legend of her martyrdom spread quickly throughout the region.
  • He embraced martyrdom rather than betray his beliefs.
  • The film depicted the tragic martyrdom of the revolutionaries in vivid detail.
  • Stories of martyrdom often inspire others to stand firm in their convictions.

On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to martyrdom, such as: annihilation, assassination, birth, casualty, creation, curtains, decease.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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quietus

  • annihilation
  • assassination
  • casualty
  • clincher
  • close
  • closure
  • conclusion
  • curtains
  • death
  • decease
  • delivery
  • demise
  • departure
  • destruction
  • discharge
  • dispensation
  • dissolution
  • doom
  • dying
  • end
  • end of the line
  • end of the road
  • ending
  • execution
  • exemption
  • exit
  • expiration
  • expiry
  • extermination
  • fatality
  • fate
  • final blow
  • grave
  • great divide
  • immunity
  • killing
  • loss of life
  • martyrdom
  • massacre
  • mort
  • overthrow
  • passage
  • passing
  • quittance
  • release
  • ruin
  • self-destruction
  • self-murder
  • self-slaughter
  • settlement
  • slaughter
  • sleep
  • suicide
  • waiver
  • withdrawal

death

  • afterlife
  • annihilation
  • assassination
  • bane
  • bloodbath
  • bloodletting
  • bloodshed
  • butchery
  • carnage
  • casualty
  • cessation
  • close
  • conclusion
  • curse
  • curtains
  • dead
  • deadness
  • decease
  • decimation
  • demise
  • demolishing
  • destruction
  • devastation
  • discontinuance
  • dispersion
  • dissolution
  • doom
  • downfall
  • dying
  • end
  • ending
  • eradication
  • eternal rest
  • eternal sleep
  • euthanasia
  • execution
  • exit
  • expiration
  • expiry
  • extermination
  • extinction
  • fatality
  • fate
  • final rest
  • final sleep
  • finis
  • finish
  • foul play
  • genocide
  • grave
  • great divide
  • grim reaper
  • halt
  • heaven
  • holocaust
  • homicide
  • killing
  • kiss of death
  • lapse
  • lifelessness
  • loss of life
  • manslaughter
  • martyrdom
  • massacre
  • mort
  • mortality
  • murder
  • necrosis
  • nothingness
  • oblivion
  • paradise
  • passage
  • passing
  • passing over
  • pogrom
  • quietus
  • release
  • repose
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • self-destruction
  • self-murder
  • self-slaughter
  • shutdown
  • shutoff
  • silence
  • slaughter
  • slaying
  • sleep
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • suicide
  • surcease
  • termination
  • tomb
  • torment
  • tragic flaw
  • undoing

baptism of fire

  • acid test
  • adversity
  • affliction
  • annoyance
  • asperity
  • baptism
  • challenge
  • complication
  • cross
  • crucible
  • difficulty
  • discomfort
  • fire
  • gantlet
  • gauntlet
  • grief
  • grievance
  • hardship
  • hazing
  • inconvenience
  • initiation
  • litmus test
  • martyrdom
  • misadventure
  • mischance
  • misfortune
  • mishap
  • nuisance
  • ordeal
  • privation
  • rigor
  • rite of passage
  • rude introduction
  • test of courage
  • tragedy
  • trial
  • trial by fire
  • tribulation
  • trouble
  • vicissitude
  • woe

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