Home › Words › G › geriatricidegeriatricidegeriatricide means the killing of elderly people.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, geriatricide ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom, or equivalent to geriatric + -cide.nounThe killing of elderly people.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.geronticide 87% match — The killing or euthanasia of the elderly vs geriatricide →eldercide 74% match — Synonym of senicide. vs geriatricide →senicide 73% match — The killing of an elderly person. vs geriatricide →senilicide 71% match — Killing of old people, especially to conserve resources for younger people. vs geriatricide →gerontophagy 69% match — The eating of the elderly. vs geriatricide →boomercide 64% match — A hypothetical mass killing of baby boomers. vs geriatricide →clinicide 63% match — The deliberate killing of a patient in the course of medical treatment. vs geriatricide →iatrocide 63% match — The act of killing a patient by medical treatment. vs geriatricide →