Obituary

/əˈbɪt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹi/

Synonyms for "obituary" (136 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(4 words)
necrologyobitbiographicalbiographical sketch
adventureadventuresannalsarcharchivalautobiographybarrowbill of mortalitybiographical sketchbiographybody countboundary stonebrassbustcairncase historycasualty listcenotaphchroniclechronicles
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chronologycinerarycliocolumn

Strong matches (40)

Noun(2 words)
death noticedeath record

Related words (68)

Noun(6 words)
life recordmemorialmemorial articlenecrologicalobitstribute

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

11 entries
articlebiographical textbiographical writingdescriptive languagedocumentinformational textnoticepublicationrecordscholarly writingsource

More specific

12 entries
archival obituarybiographical sketchgenealogical obituarymemorial articleobituary dictionobituary languageobituary proseobituary styleonline obituarypaid obituaryshort obituarytribute piece

Collocations

11 entries
family obituaryobituary archiveobituary columnobituary dictionobituary languageobituary noticeobituary proseobituary sectionobituary styleobituary toneobituary writer

Inflections

3 entries
more obituarymost obituaryobituaries

Derivations

4 entries
obituaristobituary columnobituary noticeobituary writer

Translations

79 translations across 52 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • doodberig noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Arabic

1 entries
  • نَعْي noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • nekroloq noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • некролог noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • скръ́бна вест noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Catalan

2 entries
  • esquela noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • obituari noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏕᎦᏃᏣᎸᎤᏲᎱᏒ noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 白帖 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 白帖仔 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 訃告 /讣告 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 訃聞 /讣闻 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 訃音 /讣音 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Danish

1 entries
  • dødsannonce noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Dutch

1 entries
  • doodsbrief noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • nekrologo noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kuolinilmoitus noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

French

2 entries
  • nécro noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nécrologie noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Galician

2 entries
  • necrolóxica noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • obituario noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ნეკროლოგი noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

German

3 entries
  • Nekrolog noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • Todesanzeige noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • Traueranzeige noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Greek

2 entries
  • αναγγελία θανάτου noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • νεκρολογία noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • અવસાન નોંધ noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מוֹדַעַת אֵבֶל noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Hindi

1 entries
  • इत्तेला-ए-वफ़ात noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • gyászjelentés noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • minning noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Ido

1 entries
  • nekrologo noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • berita duka noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • kabar duka noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Irish

1 entries
  • scéala báis noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Italian

1 entries
  • necrologio noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 死亡記事 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 訃 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 訃報 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Korean

3 entries
  • 부고 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 부음 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 행장 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Latin

1 entries
  • obituārius noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nekrologas noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • некроло́г noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • посмр́тница noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Malay

1 entries
  • obituari noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • dødsannonse noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nekrolog noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Persian

1 entries
  • اعلامیه فوت noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Läwensvezeichniss noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Polish

2 entries
  • klepsydra noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nekrolog noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • obituário noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Romanian

1 entries
  • necrolog noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Russian

1 entries
  • некроло́г noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • iomradh-bàis noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • partecètl noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • pȃrta noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • òsmrtnica noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • о̀смртница noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Slovene

1 entries
  • osmrtnica noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Spanish

3 entries
  • esquela noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • necrología noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • obituario noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Swahili

1 entries
  • tanzia noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Swedish

3 entries
  • dödsannons noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • dödsnotis noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • minnesord noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • obitwaryo noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Telugu

1 entries
  • స్మృతి noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • некроло́г noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Urdu

1 entries
  • اطلاع وفات noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cáo phó noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ysgrif goffa noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • òbíṣúárì noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Tom Jackson's obituary said that he was born in Boston.

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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.

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Reading the obituary section, for old people, is like taking a victory lap.

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Tom Jackson's obituary said he was born in Australia.

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