thanatos

Questions about thanatos

What does thanatos mean?

thanatos means "(Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thanatos?

thanatos has 3 syllables: tha-na-tos. The stress falls on "tha".

What is another word for thanatos?

Close synonyms include death instinct, death wish. 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 thanatos a common word?

thanatos is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.