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 385 synonyms and 176 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for dead

abeyant
absolute
absolutely
abundantly
all
all in
all of
all over
all the way
all-out
altogether
anesthetized
antiquated
apathetic
arid
arrant
arrested
as the crow flies
asleep
at length
at rest
authentic
aweary
baked
baleful
bankrupted
barren
basically
beat
beaten
benumbed
bereft of life
bitten the dust
bland
blank
bleak
bleary
bloodless
blooming
blunted
bodacious
boney
bony
boring
bought the farm
breathless
broken
broken-down
buried
burned-out
burnt-out
bushed
by and large
bygone
bypast
cadaverous
callous
categoric
categorical
categorically
checked out
chiefly
chilled
classic
clean
cocainized
cold
collapsed
comatose
complete
completely
confirmed
constant
consumed
consummate
copiously
crashing
cut off
damn
damned
dated
deadened
deadly
deadness
death
deathly
debilitated
deceased
definite
defunct
dehydrated
demised
departed
depleted
desert
desolate
dilute
diminished
direct
directly
done
done for
doomed
dormant
down the line
down to the ground
downright
drained
dreadful
dried-up
droughty
drowsy
drugged
dry
due
dull
dulled
dying
endangered
endless
enervate
enervated
enfeebled
enough
entire
entirely
erased
eternal
even
exactly
exhausted
expended
expired
extinct
extraordinary
extreme
faded
fading
fair
fallen
fallow
fast
fatal
fateful
fatigued
fell
finished
flat
flat-out
flavorless
for fair
free
frightful
frigid
full
fully
generally
generously
genuine
ghostlike
ghostly
gone
gone to meet maker
gone to reward
grave
greatly
habitual
hands down
hardscrabble
heartily
heavy
hopeless
horrible
huge
idle
imperiled
imperilled
impoverished
in whole
inactive
inanimate
inert
infertile
inhospitable
inoperable
inoperative
insensate
insensible
insensitive
insipid
interrupted
inveterate
jaded
kaput
kaputt
killer
knackered
lapsed
largely
late
latent
lessened
lethal
lethargic
lifeless
lifelessness
limp
liquidated
loggy
logy
lost
low
macabre
main
mainly
missing
more or less
moribund
mortal
mortality
mortuary
mostly
murderous
nipped
no more
nonexistent
nonextant
nonfunctional
nonfunctioning
nonliving
not existing
nothingness
numb
numbed
obsolete
obtunded
off
offed
on the shelf
out
out of commission
out-and-out
outright
overall
overfatigued
overtaxed
overthrown
overworked
parched
passed away
perfect
perfectly
perished
perpetual
pestilent
phantom
plain
played out
plumb
plump
pooped
poor
predominantly
predominately
primarily
principally
profound
prostrate
pure
pushing up daisies
quiescent
quite
rainless
rank
real
reduced
regular
reposing
resting in peace
right
ruined
run-down
sapped
savorless
sear
senseless
sere
sheer
simple
sleep
sleepy
slow
sluggish
soundly
spectral
spent
spiritless
stark
stiff
still
stillborn
stone
stone-cold
straight
straight-out
straightly
straightway
stupefied
substantially
sunbaked
sunk
superlative
supreme
surpassing
suspended
tapped out
tasteless
terminated
terrible
terrific
thin
thirsty
thorough
thoroughgoing
thoroughly
through and through
tired
to bits
to pieces
to the hilt
to the max
torpid
total
totally
unadulterated
unalive
unalloyed
unanimated
unconditional
unconscious
uncultivable
undeviatingly
undying
unfeeling
unfertile
unflavored
uninteresting
unmitigated
unoccupied
unproductive
unqualified
unqualifiedly
unremitting
unresponsive
unrestricted
unsavory
untillable
unusable
unused
unworkable
used up
useless
utter
utterly
vacant
vanished
vapid
veritable
very
washed-out
waste
waterless
watery
weak
weakened
wearied
weary
well
wholly
wide
wiped out
wooden
worn
worn to a frazzle
worn-out

Antonyms for dead

able-bodied
abounding
active
alive
animate
animated
appetizing
approximately
arable
assiduous
astir
awake
barely
bouncing
breathing
brisk
bustling
busy
buzzing
chipper
circuitously
cloying
continuing
delectable
delicious
deviously
disgusting
distasteful
doubtful
dubious
dynamic
employed
enduring
energetic
equivocal
existence
existent
existing
extant
feasible
feeling
fertile
fit
flavored
flavorful
flavorsome
flourishing
fresh
frisky
fruitful
functional
functioning
gay
going
green
hale
half
halfway
hardly
healthy
hearty
heavy
humming
immortality
in operation
incompletely
indirectly
industrious
interested
interesting
invigorated
jaunty
jazzy
just
keen
kind of
life
life span
lifetime
live
lively
living
loathsome
lush
luxuriant
marginally
mawkish
minimally
on
operable
operating
operational
operative
overflowing
palatable
part
partially
partly
peppy
perky
pert
piquant
practical
productive
qualified
questionable
quick
racy
refreshed
rejuvenated
relaxed
responsive
rested
restricted
revitalized
rich
robust
roughly
running
sapid
savory
savoury
scarcely
seasoned
sedulous
sensible
sensitive
sickening
slightly
snappy
somewhat
sound
spanking
sparky
spicy
spirited
sprightful
sprightly
springy
strengthened
strong
superficially
swarming
sylvan
tasteful
tasty
teeming
thriving
thronging
tillable
tireless
toothsome
unappetizing
uncertain
undead
unpalatable
unwearied
usable
useable
useful
veeringly
verdant
viable
vibrant
vigorous
vital
vitalized
vivacious
warm
weariless
well
whole
wholesome
workable
working
zippy

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 561 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dead, such as: abeyant, able-bodied, abounding, absolute, absolutely, abundantly, active.

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