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

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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. Drinks International:

   But the Dead Rabbit is more than the sum of its liquid parts, fusing as it does colorful historical references to the city’s 19th-century Water Street rough-neck pub set and Lower Broadway’s genteel cocktail imbibers in an atmosphere of Irish-American hospitality.

2. Woody Allen, Without Feathers:

   A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOE Unbearably lovely music is heard as the curtain rises, and we see the woods on a summer afternoon. A fawn dances on and nibbles slowly at some leaves. He drifts lazily through the soft foliage. Soon he starts coughing and drops dead.

3. John Cornyn:

   Rather than discuss the humanitarian crisis at the border, our Democratic colleagues have chosen to hold a hearing on a dead-on-arrival bill, and they know it.

4. Director Marco Orsini:

   After time, after so much footage of dead bodies washing up on the shores ... you just become desensitized to the whole issue, i realize that this film can have an impact on people, on how they view the plight of refugees, and that's what it's all about.

5. Washington McGee aunt:

   This happened in plain daylight. We don’t know if she is dead or alive. The last picture we saw, she was walking alive, she is a mother and we need her to come back here for her kids.

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