Antonyms for dead
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1. deadadjective

   Antonyms:
   alive, living

   Synonyms:
   deceased

2. deadadjective

   Antonyms:
   alive, living

3. deadnoun

   Once the ball crosses the foul line, it’s dead.

   Antonyms:
   alive, living

4. deadnoun

   No longer living.

   He hit the target dead in the centre.

   Antonyms:
   alive, living

   Synonyms:
   deceased

5. deadadjective

   Very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly.

   dead center; dead aim; a dead eye; a dead level

   Antonyms:
   living, alive

   Synonyms:
   deceased

6. deadadjective

   So hated that they are absolutely ignored.

   He is dead to me.

   Antonyms:
   alive, living

7. deadadjective

   Without emotion.

   She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.

   Antonyms:
   living, alive

8. deadadjective

   the dead load on the floor; a dead lift.

   Antonyms:
   alive, living

9. deadadjective

   dead air; a dead glass of soda.

   Antonyms:
   living, alive

10. deadadjective

    dead time; dead fields; also in compounds.

    Antonyms:
    living, alive

11. deadadjective

    Antonyms:
    alive, living

12. deadadjective

    That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up.

    Antonyms:
    alive, living

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dead

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

   Synonyms:
   deceased, defunct, dispirited, dull, inanimate, lifeless, spiritless

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dead

   Antonyms:
   vital, living, animate, vivacious, susceptible, alive, joyous, stirring, thronged, bustling

   Synonyms:
   defunct, deceased, departed, gone, inanimate, lifeless, insensible, heavy, unconscious, dull, spiritless, cheerless, deserted, torpid, still

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1. • People

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. deadnoun

   people who are no longer living

   "they buried the dead"

   Antonyms:
   living, profitable, active, running(a), living(a), in play(p), alive(p), sensitive, extant, live, elastic, viable, operative, incomplete, rested, vital, current, charged, liveborn, imprecise, uncomplete, reverberant

2. deadadjective

   a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

   "the dead of winter"

   Antonyms:
   living, active, profitable, live, living(a), operative, sensitive, liveborn, imprecise, elastic, extant, vital, reverberant, alive(p), uncomplete, viable, in play(p), current, incomplete, rested, charged, running(a)

3. deadadjective

   no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

   "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

   Antonyms:
   living, imprecise, active, reverberant, sensitive, charged, uncomplete, profitable, live, rested, viable, in play(p), running(a), current, incomplete, elastic, alive(p), operative, liveborn, extant, living(a), vital

   Synonyms:
   bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

4. deadadjective

   not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

   "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"

   Antonyms:
   living, elastic, uncomplete, imprecise, alive(p), active, running(a), current, live, living(a), charged, viable, liveborn, sensitive, profitable, rested, incomplete, in play(p), reverberant, operative, vital, extant

   Synonyms:
   bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

5. all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)adjective

   very tired

   "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"

   Antonyms:
   living, living(a), sensitive, charged, active, current, operative, live, reverberant, liveborn, elastic, rested, running(a), in play(p), vital, profitable, alive(p), imprecise, incomplete, uncomplete, viable, extant

6. deadadjective

   unerringly accurate

   "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"

   Antonyms:
   living, in play(p), operative, living(a), rested, alive(p), active, extant, live, viable, profitable, liveborn, uncomplete, reverberant, sensitive, incomplete, charged, vital, current, imprecise, running(a), elastic

   Synonyms:
   bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

7. deadadjective

   physically inactive

   "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"

   Antonyms:
   living, current, rested, extant, alive(p), in play(p), living(a), operative, sensitive, active, incomplete, vital, live, elastic, imprecise, liveborn, profitable, running(a), uncomplete, reverberant, charged, viable

   Synonyms:
   bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

8. dead(p), numb(p)adjective

   (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

   "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"

   Antonyms:
   living, current, in play(p), running(a), active, charged, extant, vital, live, uncomplete, viable, sensitive, operative, living(a), alive(p), imprecise, reverberant, elastic, profitable, rested, incomplete, liveborn

9. dead, deadenedadjective

   devoid of physical sensation; numb

   "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"

   Antonyms:
   living, viable, rested, in play(p), sensitive, active, living(a), liveborn, live, current, uncomplete, alive(p), charged, running(a), incomplete, profitable, vital, imprecise, elastic, operative, extant, reverberant

   Synonyms:
   bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

10. deadadjective

    lacking acoustic resonance

    "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"

    Antonyms:
    living, alive(p), profitable, uncomplete, operative, sensitive, active, in play(p), incomplete, living(a), current, imprecise, live, charged, liveborn, vital, reverberant, viable, elastic, extant, rested, running(a)

    Synonyms:
    bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

11. dead, idleadjective

    not yielding a return

    "dead capital"; "idle funds"

    Antonyms:
    living, current, imprecise, elastic, extant, active, liveborn, alive(p), running(a), operative, reverberant, living(a), uncomplete, charged, rested, vital, profitable, incomplete, in play(p), live, sensitive, viable

    Synonyms:
    dead(a), wild, bushed(p), out of work, unused, jobless, light, idle, deadened, drained, loose, groundless, utter, beat(p), numb(p), dead(p), unfounded, baseless, stagnant, all in(p), unwarranted

12. dead(a), stagnantadjective

    not circulating or flowing

    "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"

    Antonyms:
    living, incomplete, operative, current, sensitive, rested, elastic, reverberant, viable, live, liveborn, active, living(a), in play(p), running(a), vital, extant, alive(p), profitable, uncomplete, charged, imprecise

13. deadadjective

    not surviving in active use

    "Latin is a dead language"

    Antonyms:
    living, reverberant, rested, viable, living(a), incomplete, uncomplete, live, elastic, operative, sensitive, profitable, extant, in play(p), vital, charged, active, current, liveborn, imprecise, running(a), alive(p)

    Synonyms:
    bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

14. deadadjective

    lacking resilience or bounce

    "a dead tennis ball"

    Antonyms:
    living, alive(p), operative, vital, live, viable, living(a), sensitive, active, profitable, in play(p), incomplete, charged, liveborn, current, elastic, reverberant, uncomplete, imprecise, extant, running(a), rested

    Synonyms:
    bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

15. deadadjective

    out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

    "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"

    Antonyms:
    living, running(a), sensitive, live, rested, living(a), elastic, reverberant, liveborn, charged, current, active, viable, vital, imprecise, alive(p), uncomplete, incomplete, operative, in play(p), profitable, extant

    Synonyms:
    bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

16. deadadjective

    no longer having force or relevance

    "a dead issue"

    Antonyms:
    living, imprecise, active, profitable, sensitive, live, vital, uncomplete, reverberant, alive(p), extant, incomplete, charged, living(a), operative, viable, current, in play(p), elastic, running(a), liveborn, rested

    Synonyms:
    bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

17. dead(a), utteradjective

    complete

    "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"

    Antonyms:
    living, incomplete, liveborn, rested, profitable, imprecise, viable, living(a), operative, current, in play(p), elastic, extant, vital, active, running(a), live, reverberant, sensitive, alive(p), uncomplete, charged

18. dead, drainedadjective

    drained of electric charge; discharged

    "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"

    Antonyms:
    living, active, sensitive, live, running(a), operative, viable, incomplete, rested, imprecise, extant, living(a), current, liveborn, uncomplete, alive(p), in play(p), reverberant, elastic, charged, profitable, vital

    Synonyms:
    bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, knackered, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

19. deadadverb

    devoid of activity

    "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"

    Antonyms:
    living, profitable, sensitive, active, extant, liveborn, imprecise, alive(p), in play(p), living(a), running(a), live, reverberant, elastic, operative, incomplete, vital, current, rested, charged, viable, uncomplete

    Synonyms:
    bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)

20. abruptly, suddenly, short, deadadverb

    quickly and without warning

    "he stopped suddenly"

    Antonyms:
    living, running(a), sensitive, elastic, charged, active, rested, uncomplete, liveborn, extant, living(a), imprecise, live, vital, viable, current, alive(p), incomplete, reverberant, operative, in play(p), profitable

    Synonyms:
    shortly, curtly, on the spur of the moment, perfectly, suddenly, short, absolutely, of a sudden, utterly, unawares, abruptly, all of a sudden

21. absolutely, perfectly, utterly, deadadverb

    completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

    "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"

    Antonyms:
    living, live, in play(p), operative, active, viable, running(a), imprecise, vital, living(a), sensitive, incomplete, extant, reverberant, current, elastic, liveborn, charged, profitable, alive(p), uncomplete, rested

    Synonyms:
    absolutely, suddenly, utterly, perfectly, short, abruptly

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deadadjective

   Synonyms:
   lifeless, deceased, inanimate, defunct, extinct, departed, inert, obtuse, impassive, callous, torpid, unfeeling, subdued

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DEAD

   Synonyms:
   Dying Experiences At Dartmouth

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breathable

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

2. pampas

   it is because the meaning of pampa is a vast grassy plain. but, the opposite of grassy is dead and weak

   {no antonym} the marvellous, greenery of the pampas in argentina {with antonym} the land was bare and dead not a soul was seen. not a droplet of water refreshed the land, not a river or dam in sight.

   Submitted by aminaallam.brownies on May 14, 2020  

How to use dead in a sentence?

1. Diana, Princess of Wales:

   This boy is dead now, I knew it before taking him in my arms, I can remember his face, his suffering, his voice.

2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   'Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art; to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.'

3. Gwen Roberts:

   When I walked back there and went around the corner, it was just horrifying ... they were all dead, it was just bad. It was really bad. They didnt have to die. All they had to do is ask for help. Its really sad.

4. Erin Smith:

   Our founder Julie Church back in the 90s discovered an entire beach... was just covered in flip flops, what she saw were not just dead fish that had been trying to eat in their natural habitat, but turtles unable to come up on to land and actually hatch.

5. Shankar Bajania:

   We told them,' He is dead. You've killed him.' The police thought he was pretending.

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