Smoking means suicide.
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Suicide
/ˈs(j)uːɪˌsaɪd/
Synonyms for "suicide" (48 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (14)
Noun(2 words)
near-fatal self-harmnonfatal self-harm
Related words (24)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: self-destruction, self-killing, self-slaughter, aborticide, autohomicide.
- Sentence evidence is available for suicide, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, wiktionary, moby, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "suicide".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "suicide"
Keep "suicide" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "suicide" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "suicide", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "suicide" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
13 entriesMore specific
5 entriesCollocations
6 entriesInflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesparasuicidity?suicidality
Translations
154 translations across 102 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- selfdood noun (instance of killing oneself)
- selfmoord noun (instance of killing oneself)
Albanian
1 entries- vetëvrasje noun (instance of killing oneself)
Amharic
1 entries- ራስን መግደል noun (instance of killing oneself)
Arabic
1 entries- اِنْتِحَار noun (instance of killing oneself)
Armenian
1 entries- ինքնասպանություն noun (instance of killing oneself)
Assamese
1 entries- আত্মহত্যা noun (instance of killing oneself)
Asturian
1 entries- suicidiu noun (instance of killing oneself)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- intihar noun (instance of killing oneself)
- özünü öldürmə noun (instance of killing oneself)
Basque
1 entries- suizidio noun (instance of killing oneself)
Belarusian
3 entries- самагу́бства noun (instance of killing oneself)
- самазабо́йства noun (instance of killing oneself)
- суіцы́д noun (instance of killing oneself)
Bengali
2 entries- আত্মহত্যা noun (instance of killing oneself)
- খোদকুশী noun (instance of killing oneself)
Bulgarian
1 entries- самоуби́йство noun (instance of killing oneself)
Burmese
1 entries- ကိုယ်ကိုသတ်ခြင်း noun (instance of killing oneself)
Catalan
1 entries- suïcidi noun (instance of killing oneself)
Chinese
1 entries- 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)
Czech
1 entries- sebevražda noun (instance of killing oneself)
Danish
1 entries- selvmord noun (instance of killing oneself)
Dari
2 entries- اِنْتِحَار noun (instance of killing oneself)
- خوَدْکُشِی noun (instance of killing oneself)
Dutch
2 entries- zelfdoding noun (instance of killing oneself)
- zelfmoord noun (instance of killing oneself)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)
Esperanto
2 entries- memmortigo noun (instance of killing oneself)
- sinmortigo noun (instance of killing oneself)
Estonian
1 entries- enesetapp noun (instance of killing oneself)
Finnish
1 entries- itsemurha noun (instance of killing oneself)
French
1 entries- suicide noun (instance of killing oneself)
Friulian
1 entries- suicidi noun (instance of killing oneself)
Galician
1 entries- suicidio noun (instance of killing oneself)
Georgian
1 entries- თვითმკვლელობა noun (instance of killing oneself)
German
3 entries- Freitod noun (instance of killing oneself)
- Selbstmord noun (instance of killing oneself)
- Suizid noun (instance of killing oneself)
Greek
2 entries- αυτοκτονία noun (instance of killing oneself)
- αυτοχειρία noun (instance of killing oneself)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְאַבְּדוּת noun (instance of killing oneself)
Hindi
4 entries- आत्मघात noun (instance of killing oneself)
- आत्महत्या noun (instance of killing oneself)
- आत्महिंसा noun (instance of killing oneself)
- ख़ुद-कुशी noun (instance of killing oneself)
Hungarian
1 entries- öngyilkosság noun (instance of killing oneself)
Icelandic
2 entries- sjálfsmorð noun (instance of killing oneself)
- sjálfsvíg noun (instance of killing oneself)
Ido
1 entries- su-ocido noun (instance of killing oneself)
Ilocano
1 entries- ᜉᜈᜄ᜔ᜉᜃᜋᜆᜌ᜔ noun (instance of killing oneself)
Indonesian
1 entries- bunuh diri noun (instance of killing oneself)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- اِنْتِحار noun (instance of killing oneself)
- خودْکُشی noun (instance of killing oneself)
Irish
1 entries- féinmharú noun (instance of killing oneself)
Italian
1 entries- suicidio noun (instance of killing oneself)
Japanese
3 entries- 自害 noun (instance of killing oneself)
- 自殺 noun (instance of killing oneself)
- 自決 noun (instance of killing oneself)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)
Kannada
1 entries- ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆ noun (instance of killing oneself)
Kazakh
2 entries- өзін-өзі қол жұмсау noun (instance of killing oneself)
- өзін-өзі өлтіру noun (instance of killing oneself)
Khmer
2 entries- សម្លាប់ខ្លួនឯង noun (instance of killing oneself)
- អត្តឃាត noun (instance of killing oneself)
Korean
3 entries- 극단적 선택 noun (instance of killing oneself)
- 자결 noun (instance of killing oneself)
- 자살 noun (instance of killing oneself)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- өзүн өзү өлтүрүү noun (instance of killing oneself)
Lao
2 entries- ການຂ້າຕົວຕາຍ noun (instance of killing oneself)
- ອັດຕະວິນິບາດກຳ noun (instance of killing oneself)
Latin
2 entries- mors voluntāria noun (instance of killing oneself)
- suīcīdium noun (instance of killing oneself)
Latvian
1 entries- pašnāvība noun (instance of killing oneself)
Lithuanian
1 entries- savižudybė noun (instance of killing oneself)
Macedonian
2 entries- самоубиство noun (instance of killing oneself)
- суици́д noun (instance of killing oneself)
Malay
1 entries- bunuh diri noun (instance of killing oneself)
Malayalam
1 entries- ആത്മഹത്യ noun (instance of killing oneself)
Manx
1 entries- hene-varroo noun (instance of killing oneself)
Marathi
1 entries- आत्महत्या noun (instance of killing oneself)
Mongolian
1 entries- амиа хорлох noun (instance of killing oneself)
Māori
2 entries- mate whakamomori noun (instance of killing oneself)
- whakamomori noun (instance of killing oneself)
Nepali
1 entries- आत्महत्या noun (instance of killing oneself)
Norman
1 entries- suicide noun (instance of killing oneself)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- xwekujî noun (instance of killing oneself)
- xwekuştin noun (instance of killing oneself)
- întixar noun (instance of killing oneself)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- selvmord noun (instance of killing oneself)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sjølvmord noun (instance of killing oneself)
Old English
1 entries- selfcwalu noun (instance of killing oneself)
Ossetian
1 entries- хиамарын noun (instance of killing oneself)
Pacoh
1 entries- dyáq noun (instance of killing oneself)
Pashto
1 entries- انتحار noun (instance of killing oneself)
Persian
2 entries- اِنْتِحَار noun (instance of killing oneself)
- خْوَدْکُشِی noun (instance of killing oneself)
Piedmontese
1 entries- suissidi noun (instance of killing oneself)
Polish
1 entries- samobójstwo noun (instance of killing oneself)
Portuguese
1 entries- suicídio noun (instance of killing oneself)
Romanian
1 entries- sinucidere noun (instance of killing oneself)
Russian
2 entries- самоуби́йство noun (instance of killing oneself)
- суици́д noun (instance of killing oneself)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fèin-mhurt noun (instance of killing oneself)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- samoubístvo noun (instance of killing oneself)
- samoùbōjstvo noun (instance of killing oneself)
- sȕicīd noun (instance of killing oneself)
- самоу̀бо̄јство noun (instance of killing oneself)
Slovak
1 entries- samovražda noun (instance of killing oneself)
Slovene
1 entries- samomor noun (instance of killing oneself)
Spanish
2 entries- autolisis noun (instance of killing oneself)
- suicidio noun (instance of killing oneself)
Swahili
1 entries- jiua noun (instance of killing oneself)
Swedish
1 entries- självmord noun (instance of killing oneself)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagpapakamatay noun (instance of killing oneself)
- pagpapatiwakal noun (instance of killing oneself)
Tajik
2 entries- интиҳор noun (instance of killing oneself)
- худкушӣ noun (instance of killing oneself)
Tamil
1 entries- தற்கொலை noun (instance of killing oneself)
Telugu
1 entries- ఆత్మహత్య noun (instance of killing oneself)
Thai
2 entries- การฆ่าตัวตาย noun (instance of killing oneself)
- อัตวินิบาตกรรม noun (instance of killing oneself)
Tibetan
1 entries- རང་ཤི་རྒྱབ་པ noun (instance of killing oneself)
Turkish
2 entries- intihar noun (instance of killing oneself)
- özkıyım noun (instance of killing oneself)
Turkmen
1 entries- özüni öldürme noun (instance of killing oneself)
Ukrainian
2 entries- самогу́бство noun (instance of killing oneself)
- суїци́д noun (instance of killing oneself)
Urdu
4 entries- اِنْتِحار noun (instance of killing oneself)
- اِنْتِہار noun (instance of killing oneself)
- خُود کُشی noun (instance of killing oneself)
- خُودْکُشی noun (instance of killing oneself)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئۆلۈۋېلىش noun (instance of killing oneself)
Uzbek
4 entries- oʻzini oʻldirish noun (instance of killing oneself)
- oʻzini-oʻzi oʻldirish noun (instance of killing oneself)
- suitsid noun (instance of killing oneself)
- xudkushlik noun (instance of killing oneself)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tự sát noun (instance of killing oneself)
- tự tử noun (instance of killing oneself)
Volapük
1 entries- oksasen noun (instance of killing oneself)
Walloon
1 entries- sucide noun (instance of killing oneself)
Welsh
1 entries- hunanladdiad noun (instance of killing oneself)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)
Yiddish
2 entries- אַליינמאָרד noun (instance of killing oneself)
- זעלבסטמאָרד noun (instance of killing oneself)
Zhuang
1 entries- gaggaj noun (instance of killing oneself)
Zulu
1 entries- ukuzibulala noun (instance of killing oneself)
Sample sentences
40 total sentences available.
The prominent poet attempted to commit suicide in his study.
Source: tatoeba (45089)
That man can't have committed suicide.
Source: tatoeba (45300)
The popular singer committed suicide.
Source: tatoeba (46003)
Showing 4 of 40 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "suicide"?
Closest matches include self-destruction, self-killing, self-slaughter, aborticide, autohomicide.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "suicide"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.