pass away
Breathe one's last
Pass away is a euphemism for die, softening the bluntness of death: Her grandfather passed away last night.
The phrase suggests a gentle departure rather than a violent or sudden end.
It's appropriate in condolences and formal announcements but can feel evasive when directness is needed.
Sometimes shortened to just pass: He passed in his sleep.
Service honoring the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- tributeOffering of respect
condolences · wake · memorial · ceremony · burial · cremation · ashes · grave
Euphemism for death
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- cross overMove to opposite side
- ascendMove upward
- transitionChange from one state
at peace · with the angels · meet one's maker · no longer with us · rest in peace · laid to rest · called home · depart this life
mortality
State of eventual death
perish · succumb · cessation · fatality · loss · departed · late · fallen · gone · deceased
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
tribute · condolences · wake · memorial · ceremony · burial · cremation · ashes · grave · tombstone
eternal rest
Euphemism for death
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- cross overMove to opposite side
- ascendMove upward
transition · at peace · with the angels · meet one's maker · no longer with us · rest in peace · laid to rest · called home · depart this life · returned to dust
- Euphemismsexpecting, with child, in a family way, put to sleep, let go
- vanishingdisappearance, vanish, vanishing, disappear, fading
- oblivionoblivion, nothingness, nonexistence, extinction, annihilation
pass awaysurvive
Continue to exist
live · live on · be born · come into the world · pull through
pass awaybe born
Begin living
come into the world · arrive · come into being · spring to life · emerge
away, pass, passing, passport, passed, pass on, bypass, passable, overpass