Synonyms for coffin
ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪncof·fin

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1. coffinnoun

   Synonyms:
   casket, encoffin

2. coffinverb

   To place in a coffin.

   Synonyms:
   casket, encoffin

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 8 votes

1. coffin, casketverb

   box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

   Synonyms:
   casket, jewel casket

2. coffinverb

   place into a coffin

   "her body was coffined"

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. coffinnoun

   Synonyms:
   casket

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "coffin":

   casket

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. coffin

   Synonyms:
   Casket

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1. H.L. Mencken:

   A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

2. Michael Ibsen:

   I have to confess there have been times when I've stood back at the end of the day alone in the workshop and think' gosh I'm making Richard III's coffin'.

3. Jo Swabe:

   I really do hope that will put the final nail in the coffin.

4. Jane Gregory:

   It was just something I had to see and experience -- it's part of history, i came on Monday too, to view the coffin -- it was a great experience. I queued for two and a half hours and it was worth every minute.

5. Fred Guttenberg:

   The Democrats were pushing gun control before the dirt was over my daughter's coffin, that's what they did... and they didn't look at the facts. I wasn't a hard-right conservative before this and so I looked into the facts and learned what got my daughter murdered. It wasn't gun control laws, it was policies and people that did nothing.