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Synonyms for dead
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Wiktionary
deadadjective
Synonyms:
deceaseddeadadjective
deadnoun
Once the ball crosses the foul line, it’s dead.
deadnoun
No longer living.
He hit the target dead in the centre.
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deceaseddeadadjective
Very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly.
dead center; dead aim; a dead eye; a dead level
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deceaseddeadadjective
So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
He is dead to me.
deadadjective
Without emotion.
She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.
deadadjective
the dead load on the floor; a dead lift.
deadadjective
dead air; a dead glass of soda.
deadadjective
dead time; dead fields; also in compounds.
deadadjective
deadadjective
That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, reverberantdeadadjective
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)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"
Synonyms:
bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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), vitaldeadadjective
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"
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bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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, extantall 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, extantdeadadjective
unerringly accurate
"a dead shot"; "took dead aim"
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bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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), elasticdeadadjective
physically inactive
"Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
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bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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, viabledead(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, liveborndead, 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"
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bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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, reverberantdeadadjective
lacking acoustic resonance
"dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
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bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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)dead, idleadjective
not yielding a return
"dead capital"; "idle funds"
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), unwarrantedAntonyms:
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, viabledead(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, imprecisedeadadjective
not surviving in active use
"Latin is a dead language"
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bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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)deadadjective
lacking resilience or bounce
"a dead tennis ball"
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bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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), resteddeadadjective
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
"a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"
Synonyms:
bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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, extantdeadadjective
no longer having force or relevance
"a dead issue"
Synonyms:
bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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, resteddead(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, chargeddead, drainedadjective
drained of electric charge; discharged
"a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
Synonyms:
bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, knackered, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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, vitaldeadadverb
devoid of activity
"this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"
Synonyms:
bushed(p), numb(p), dead(p), dead(a), idle, deadened, stagnant, drained, all in(p), utter, beat(p)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, uncompleteabruptly, suddenly, short, deadadverb
quickly and without warning
"he stopped suddenly"
Synonyms:
shortly, curtly, on the spur of the moment, perfectly, suddenly, short, absolutely, of a sudden, utterly, unawares, abruptly, all of a suddenAntonyms:
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), profitableabsolutely, 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"
Synonyms:
absolutely, suddenly, utterly, perfectly, short, abruptlyAntonyms:
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
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Editors Contribution
deceased
Submitted by acronimous on April 29, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
deadadjective
Synonyms:
lifeless, breathless, inanimate, deceased, defunct, departed, gone, gone to one's last home, gathered to one's fathersdeadadjective
Synonyms:
dull, frigid, cold, torpid, inert, unfeeling, callous, obtuse, indifferent, lukewarmdeadadjective
deadadjective
Synonyms:
unemployed, useless, unprofitabledeadadjective
deadnoun
Synonyms:
depth, gloomiest period
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Dead":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
DEAD
Synonyms:
Dying Experiences At Dartmouth
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#390 | still | |
#613 | light | |
#746 | short | |
#967 | death | |
#1700 | dead | |
#1763 | die | |
#1911 | lives | |
#2028 | wild | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2247 | died | |
#2332 | gone | |
#3096 | kill | |
#3281 | killed | |
#3582 | absolutely | |
#4806 | penalty | |
#5165 | meta | |
#5227 | loose | |
#5377 | killing | |
#5557 | suddenly | |
#5649 | deaths | |
#5872 | perfectly | |
#6628 | dying | |
#7260 | shortly | |
#7613 | dies | |
#9013 | idle | |
#10035 | unused | |
#12262 | deceased | |
#13293 | dull | |
#14745 | utterly | |
#14814 | corpse | |
#15222 | casualties | |
#16860 | drained | |
#16926 | unconscious | |
#17054 | utter | |
#18589 | departed | |
#20573 | deserted | |
#22071 | fatalities | |
#25555 | abruptly | |
#28644 | mort | |
#31577 | defunct | |
#32643 | mitt | |
#36686 | unfounded | |
#36988 | stagnant | |
#37511 | jobless | |
#37717 | unwarranted | |
#41204 | lifeless | |
#49342 | inanimate | |
#60134 | baseless | |
#84338 | groundless | |
#100004 | unawares | |
#102330 | insensible | |
#106549 | knackered | |
#112358 | goner | |
#123874 | curtly | |
#147160 | dispirited | |
#176112 | cheerless | |
#182115 | dode | |
#188091 | torpid | |
#191016 | deadened | |
#229953 | spiritless |
How to use dead in a sentence?
It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.
The only people who make no mistakes are dead people. I saw a man last week who has not made a mistake for four hundred years. He was a mummy in the Egyptian department of the British Museum.” - H.L. Wayland
I think it’s highly recorded now, there’s 150 I believe now, it’s over 100 professional athletes dead – professional athletes – the prime of their life, dropping dead that are vaccinated, right on the pitch, right on the field, right on the court.
When I found out my children were dead, I fell down, I could no longer walk.
Finishing each edition is torture because the others are gone. Spending sleepless nights summoning the dead, wondering what Charb, Cabu, Honore Tignous would have done is exhausting.
Translations for dead
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- doodAfrikaans
- مَيِّتArabic
- ölüAzerbaijani
- үлгән, үлеBashkir
- мёртвыBelarusian
- неодушевен, мъ̀ртъв, изгасен, неподви́жен, напълно, направо, мъртвите, абсолютно, безусловноBulgarian
- মৃতBengali
- maroBreton
- mortCatalan, Valencian
- деллаChechen
- mrtvý, mrtvíCzech
- мрътвъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- marwWelsh
- død, lige, direkte, dødeDanish
- gestorben, bewegungslos, tot, Tote, genau, tod-German
- νεκρός, νεκροίGreek
- mortaEsperanto
- muerto, muertosSpanish
- surnudEstonian
- مردهPersian
- kylmä, kuollut, jähmettynyt, rikki, käyttämätön, tunteeton, ulkona, jännitteetön, tarpeeton, tyly, vanhentunut, turta, sairaan, vainaja, kuoleman-, täsmälleen, sydän, tismalleen, suoraanFinnish
- deyðuFaroese
- mort, cœur, morts, profondeur, milieuFrench
- deade, deaWestern Frisian
- marbhIrish
- marbhScottish Gaelic
- מֵת, מתיםHebrew
- मरा हुआ, मुर्दा, मृतHindi
- halottHungarian
- մեռածArmenian
- morteInterlingua
- mati, tinggalIndonesian
- mortintaIdo
- dauður, dáinn, látinn, dánuIcelandic
- mortoItalian
- ᑐᖁInuktitut
- 亡い, 死ぬ, 壊れるJapanese
- მკვდარიGeorgian
- өліKazakh
- toquKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ម្រឹត, ស្លាប់Khmer
- ಸತ್ತKannada
- 죽다Korean
- مردوKurdish
- өлүкKyrgyz
- mortuusLatin
- doutLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຕາຍLao
- negyvas, miręsLithuanian
- miris, nedzīvs, mirušiLatvian
- пцовисан, умрен, мртовMacedonian
- үхсэнMongolian
- mati, si mati, yang matiMalay
- သေBurmese
- dode, overleden, dood, gestorven, oer-, overledenen, dood-, stilte, gestorvenen, bloed-, dodenDutch
- dødNorwegian
- mòrtOccitan
- zmartwiały, nieruchomy, martwy, zmarły, zepsuty, umarli, zmarliPolish
- مړPashto, Pushto
- morto, dormente, mortosPortuguese
- miert, mortRomansh
- mortRomanian
- неодушевлённый, мёртвый, до́хлый, безжи́зненный, неподви́жный, умереть, сло́манный, покойник, абсолю́тно, середи́на, соверше́нно, то́чно, умерший, пря́моRussian
- मृतSanskrit
- moltu, mortuSardinian
- mr̀tav, мр̀тав, ȕmrlī, у̏мрлӣSerbo-Croatian
- මළSinhala, Sinhalese
- mŕtvySlovak
- mŕtevSlovene
- vdekurAlbanian
- död, dödaSwedish
- இறந்தவர்Tamil
- డెడ్Telugu
- мурдаTajik
- ตายThai
- öliTurkmen
- ölü, ölmüşTurkish
- үлек, үлеTatar
- ئۆلۈكUyghur, Uighur
- ме́ртвийUkrainian
- مردہUrdu
- oʻlikUzbek
- chếtVietnamese
- moirt, crevé, djusse, pår, fénWalloon
- טויטYiddish
- 死Chinese
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