Synonyms for dead
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1. deadadjective

   Synonyms:
   deceased

   Antonyms:
   alive, living

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.

   Synonyms:
   deceased

   Antonyms:
   alive, living

5. deadadjective

   Very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly.

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

   Synonyms:
   deceased

   Antonyms:
   living, alive

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

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1. dead

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

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

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1. dead

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

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

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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"

   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), vital

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"

   Synonyms:
   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, extant

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"

   Synonyms:
   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), elastic

7. deadadjective

   physically inactive

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

   Synonyms:
   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, viable

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"

   Synonyms:
   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, reverberant

10. deadadjective

    lacking acoustic resonance

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

    Synonyms:
    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)

11. 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), unwarranted

    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

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"

    Synonyms:
    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)

14. deadadjective

    lacking resilience or bounce

    "a dead tennis ball"

    Synonyms:
    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), rested

15. deadadjective

    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, extant

16. deadadjective

    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, rested

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"

    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, vital

19. deadadverb

    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, uncomplete

20. abruptly, 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 sudden

    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

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"

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

    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

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1. deceased

   Submitted by acronimous on April 29, 2019  

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1. deadadjective

   Synonyms:
   lifeless, breathless, inanimate, deceased, defunct, departed, gone, gone to one's last home, gathered to one's fathers

2. deadadjective

   Synonyms:
   dull, frigid, cold, torpid, inert, unfeeling, callous, obtuse, indifferent, lukewarm

3. deadadjective

   Synonyms:
   vapid, tasteless, insipid, flat

4. deadadjective

   Synonyms:
   unemployed, useless, unprofitable

5. deadadjective

   Synonyms:
   entire, complete, total

6. deadnoun

   Synonyms:
   depth, gloomiest period

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1. deadadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "dead":

   death, deaths, died, die, killed, deceased, mort, dode, fatalities, penalty, casualties, gone, killing, kill, dying, -dead, dies, mitt, goner, corpse, meta, lives

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1. List of known nicknames for "Dead":

   Per Yngve Ohlin

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1. DEAD

   Synonyms:
   Dying Experiences At Dartmouth

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1. Cardenas Hoffman:

   This is Adam Lanza. I'm gonna kill you. You're dead. You're dead. You hear me? You're dead. With my machine gun.

2. Harry Emerson Fosdick:

   The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea are made of the same water. It flows down, clean and cool, from the heights of Herman and the roots of the cedars of Lebanon. the Sea of Galilee makes beauty of it, the Sea of Galilee has an outlet. It gets to give. It gathers in its riches that it may pour them out again to fertilize the Jordan plain. But the Dead Sea with the same water makes horror. For the Dead Sea has no outlet. It gets to keep.

3. Rick Friedman:

   He killed his baby and [the baby is] in the house...His wife broke up with him over the phone yesterday...I can't even believe this is happening. Steven Pladl, 42, was found dead Thursday morning in his vehicle in Dover, N.Y., several miles from the New Milford, Conn., murder scene where Katie and her adoptive father, 56-year-old Anthony Fusco, were discovered. Those two were also found dead in a vehicle that had one of its windows shot out, police said. The child’s body was found inside Pladl's home, hundreds of miles south in Knightdale, N.C., the same day. Pladl’s mother -- the one who tipped off authorities about the toddler's death -- had obtained custody of the child Steven fathered with his daughter following their arrests in January for adultery and contributing to delinquency, police told WNCN. The mother lives in Cary, about a half hour’s drive from Knightdale, and reportedly told them that Steve had picked Bennett up from her home Wednesday night. April 12, 2018: Police work at the scene where Katie Pladl and her adoptive father, Anthony Fusco, were found dead. (AP/Hearst Connecticut Media ) The toddler was found dead around 9 a.m. Thursday after officers performed a welfare check on the Knightdale home, where Pladl -- and previously his daughter -- had lived. Katie Pladl moved out of the home earlier this year and was living with her adoptive family in New York after bonding out of jail in Virginia, WNCN reported, citing court documents. It appeared Steven Pladl drove through the night Wednesday to hunt down his daughter and Fusco. They were found dead around 8:40 a.m. Thursday, and Pladl shot himself shortly afterward. This is a terrible tragedy that nobody foresaw, i really believe that if the judges or the prosecutor or the defense attorneys in this case had any clue that the minor child or anyone would be harmed there would not be a bond set for any of the parties.

4. G. I. Gurdjieff:

   A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it. If we knew what a number of people are actually dead and what a number of these dead people govern our lives, we should go mad with horror.

5. Ahmed Abdi Falay:

   They climbed into the boat and were shocked to find the dead bodies of 10 people and 72 others who were in different stages of suffering, some of them in serious condition, the Coast Guard brought the 72 survivors and the bodies of the dead people ashore. The wounded are being treated and the dead are being buried.