What are some opposite words for alive?

Antonyms for alive
əˈlaɪvalive

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term alive.

Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. aliveadjective

    Antonyms:
    dead

  2. aliveadjective

    Antonyms:
    dead

  3. aliveadjective

    to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.

    Antonyms:
    dead

  4. aliveadjective

    The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.

    Antonyms:
    dead

  5. aliveadjective

    Antonyms:
    dead

  6. aliveadjective

    Tremblingly alive to nature's laws. -- William Falconer.

    Antonyms:
    dead

  7. aliveadjective

    Northumberland was the proudest man alive. --Edward Hyde Clarendon.

    Antonyms:
    dead

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. alive

    Alive applies to all degrees of life, from that which shows one to be barely existing or existent as a living thing, as when we say he is just alive, to that which implies the very utmost of vitality and power, as in the words "he is all alive," "thoroughly alive." So the word quick, which began by signifying "having life," is now mostly applied to energy of life as shown in swiftness of action. Breathing is capable of like contrast. We say of a dying man, he is still breathing; or we speak of a breathing statue, or "breathing and sounding, beauteous battle," Tennyson Princess can. v, l. 155, where it means having, or seeming to have, full and vigorous breath, abundant life. Compare ACTIVE; ALERT; NIMBLE.

    Antonyms:
    dead, deceased, defunct, dispirited, dull, inanimate, lifeless, spiritless

    Synonyms:
    active, alert, animate, animated, breathing, brisk, existent, existing, live, lively, living, quick, subsisting, vivacious

    Preposition:
    Alive in every nerve; alive to every noble impulse; alive with fervor, hope, resolve; alive through all his being.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. alive

    Antonyms:
    dead, departed, cold, lifeless, defunct, inanimate, dispirited, du

    Synonyms:
    quick, living, breathing, warm, lively, vivacious, alert, existing, existent, safe, subsisting, active, brisk, animated

Princeton's WordNet3.3 / 3 votes

  1. alive(p), liveadjective

    possessing life

    "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"

    Antonyms:
    insensitive, incognizant, extinct, dull, unaware, nonexistent

  2. alive(p)adjective

    (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit

    "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief"

    Antonyms:
    extinct, nonexistent, insensitive, unaware, dull, incognizant

  3. animated, aliveadjective

    having life or vigor or spirit

    "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

    Antonyms:
    dull, unaware, extinct, incognizant, insensitive, nonexistent

    Synonyms:
    active, awake(p), alert, alive(p), live, animated

  4. alive(p)adjective

    (followed by `to' or `of') aware of

    "is alive to the moods of others"

    Antonyms:
    incognizant, nonexistent, insensitive, unaware, dull, extinct

  5. active, alive(p)adjective

    in operation

    "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"

    Antonyms:
    unaware, nonexistent, dull, extinct, insensitive, incognizant

  6. alert, alive(p), awake(p)adjective

    mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"

    "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"

    Antonyms:
    insensitive, extinct, nonexistent, incognizant, unaware, dull

  7. alive, liveadjective

    capable of erupting

    "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"

    Antonyms:
    extinct, nonexistent, dull, unaware, incognizant, insensitive

    Synonyms:
    alive(p), active, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, animated, hot, live, lively, awake(p), alert, resilient

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. aliveadjective

    Synonyms:
    living, quick, animated, instinct

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ALIVE

    Synonyms:
    AIDS Linked to Intravenous Experience, AIDS Linked to IV Drug Use Cardiology (1) Azimilide Postinfarct Survival Evaluation (double check acronym) (2) Adenosine Lidocaine Infarct Zone Viability Enhancement A

How to use alive in a sentence?

  1. Gareth Neame:

    I would not be inclined to try and keep the show alive without Julian Fellowes, Julian Fellowes is the creator of the show, Julian Fellowes's written every episode, Julian Fellowes's created all of those characters and it's just been a fantastic partnership, but it really isn't the case that Julian Fellowes has said,' I want out, I want to do other things' and everyone else has been forced.

  2. Joao Bosco:

    I dont think he is alive, right now, I can only hope for a miracle of God.

  3. Sir Thomas Browne:

    I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty into riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Achilles; fortune hath not one place to hit me.

  4. Cheryl Henson:

    How do you keep a legacy alive? You share it. And here we are trying to share who my father was with the world, there was a deep sense of caring in my dad's world. We want to celebrate that.

  5. Victor Kiam:

    What's really important in life Sitting on a beach Looking a television eight hours a day I think we have to appreciate that we're alive for only a limited period of time, and we'll spend most of our lives working. That being the case, I believe one of the most important priorities is to do whatever we do as well as we can. We should take pride in that.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1986cold
#2486du
#4337alive
#12262deceased
#13293dull
#16485unaware
#18589departed
#22651extinct
#22833insensitive
#31577defunct
#36172nonexistent
#41204lifeless
#49342inanimate
#147160dispirited
#229953spiritless

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