Home › Words › T › thanatologistthanatologistthanatologist means one who studies death.EtymologyFrom thanatology + -ist.nounOne who studies death.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.thanatology 74% match — The scientific study of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs of the terminally ill and their families. vs thanatologist →thanatophobiac 68% match — One affected by thanatophobia; a person with a morbid dread of death. vs thanatologist →taphologist 67% match — One who studies graves and burial. vs thanatologist →epitaphologist 67% match — One who studies epitaphs. vs thanatologist →thanatophile 67% match — A person fascinated with death and death-related subjects, often sexually. vs thanatologist →thanatography 66% match — An account, usually written, of the death of a person. vs thanatologist →thanatist 66% match — One who believes that the human soul eventually dies; a proponent of thanatism. vs thanatologist →thanatographical 65% match — Relating to thanatography. vs thanatologist →