Meanings
present singular third person dies off · participle present dying off · participle past died off · past died off
- To suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, the entire group dies over a period of time.)
Synonyms: die out
- To become defunct or nonexistent.
The student guitar club died off after a few years.
Synonyms: die out
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, the entire group dies over a period of time.)
verbTo become defunct or nonexistent.
verbOf music, noise, etc., to reduce in volume until no longer audible.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto formorti
- formortito become extinct
Latin dēmorior, emorior
- dēmoriorto become extinct
- emoriorto become extinct
Russian вымира́ть, вы́мереть
- вымира́ть (vymirátʹ)to become extinct
- вы́мереть (výmeretʹ)to become extinct
- до́хнуть (dóxnutʹ)to become extinct
- передо́хнуть (peredóxnutʹ)to become extinct
Swedish dö ut
- dö utto become extinct
Cite this entry
die off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/die%20off
“die off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/die%20off. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “die off,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/die%20off.
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