corpse
A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
Other meanings
The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.
Synonyms
- stiff
- clay
- remains
A kind of
- body
Related words
- megacorpse
- corpse pose
- corpse camp
- corpse camper
- corpse candle
- corpse flower
- corpsefucker
- corpse-gate
- corpsehood
- corpse hounds
- corpseless
- corpselike
Word history
From Latin "corpus" (body).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “corpse” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.