pass away

1. 1.

   pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

   “She died from cancer”

   “The children perished in the fire”

   “The patient went peacefully”

   “The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102”

   Synonymsdiedeceaseperishgoexitexpirepasskick the bucketcash in one's chipsbuy the farmconkgive-up the ghostdrop deadpop off

   Broaderchange state

   Narrowerabortsuffocatebuy itdrownpredeceasestarvefallsuccumb
2. 2.

   go out of existence

   “She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away”

   Broaderend

Questions about pass away

What does pass away mean?

pass away means "pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pass away?

Close synonyms include die, decease, perish, go, exit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pass away a common word?

pass away is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.