Thesaurus:corpse

Thesaurus:corpse

THESAURUS

corpse

English

Synonyms

• anatomy (archaic)

• body    [WS]

• cadaver

• carcass

• carrion

• corpse

• corse (obsolete)

• DB

• dog meat (idiomatic)

• dust (sometimes idiomatic)

• lich (archaic)

• offal

• relics

• reliquiae (Lat)

• remains

• stiff (slang)

• worm food (idiomatic)

Hyponyms

• ashes

• corpsicle

• cremains

• floater

• fossil

• mummy

• whalefall

Meronyms

• bone

• carrion

• skeleton    [WS]

Various

• ghost    [WS]

• manes (archaic, plural only)

• shade

• spirit    [WS]

• undead

• vampire

• zombie

Translations

• Japanese: Thesaurus:屍

See also

• Thesaurus:cemetery
• Thesaurus:death
• Thesaurus:interment

Further reading

• “362. corpse” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “corpse” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.