dead

The word “dead” has 1 syllable: dead

It's pronounced as /dɛd/

What is synonym and antonym for dead?

In the thesaurus, “dead” has 99 synonyms and 70 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dead along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for dead

absolute
absolutely
all
asleep
barren
beaten
bland
bleak
boring
buried
complete
completely
crashing
damn
damned
deadly
deadness
death
deceased
definite
defunct
desolate
done
doomed
dormant
drained
dying
entire
entirely
even
exactly
exhausted
extinct
fallen
fast
finished
flat
fully
gone
grave
idle
impoverished
inoperative
insensitive
insipid
late
lifeless
low
mortal
mortality
nonfunctional
nonfunctioning
numb
numbed
off
out
outright
perfect
perfectly
plain
poor
pure
quite
real
right
ruined
sheer
simple
slow
spectral
spiritless
straight
sunk
tasteless
thin
thoroughly
tired
total
totally
unalive
unanimated
unconditional
unfeeling
uninteresting
unresponsive
unused
utter
utterly
vacant
vanished
vapid
very
waste
weak
weary
well
wholly
wide
wooden

Antonyms for dead

active
alive
animate
animated
barely
breathing
bustling
busy
delicious
disgusting
distasteful
doubtful
dubious
employed
existence
existing
feeling
fertile
flavorful
flourishing
fresh
fruitful
functional
functioning
going
half
halfway
hardly
humming
indirectly
interesting
just
life
live
lively
living
loathsome
lush
on
operating
operational
operative
partially
partly
productive
qualified
questionable
quick
refreshed
rejuvenated
relaxed
rested
restricted
rich
savory
scarcely
sensitive
sickening
slightly
spirited
tasteful
tasty
thriving
unappetizing
uncertain
unpalatable
unwearied
vibrant
warm
working

Meanings of dead

noun
1. (with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died.
2. (often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
3. (usually plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
verb
1. To prevent by disabling; stop.
2. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
3. To kill.
adjective
1. No longer living.
2. Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
3. (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
4. Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).
5. Without emotion.
6. Stationary; static.
7. Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
8. Unproductive.
9. (of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal.
10. (of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.
11. Broken or inoperable.
12. No longer used or required.
13. Not imparting motion or power by design.
14. Not in play.
15. (of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.
16. (1800s) Tagged out.
17. Full and complete.
18. Exact.
19. Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
20. Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.
21. Bringing death; deadly.
22. Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.
23. (often with "to") Indifferent to, no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).
adverb
1. (degree) Exactly.
2. (degree) Very, absolutely, extremely.
3. Suddenly and completely.
4. As if dead.

Example Sentences

Dead leaves covered the ground after the autumn storm.
The batteries in the remote control were dead, so I couldn't change the channel.
The silence in the forest was so complete, it felt like everything was dead.
The old car had been sitting in the garage for years and was now dead.
She stared at the dead screen of her phone, realizing it had run out of battery.

On this page you'll find 169 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dead, such as: absolute, absolutely, active, alive, all, animate, animated.

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