Entry Word: dead

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 no longer living <I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather>

Synonyms breathless, deceased, defunct, departed, fallen, gone, late, lifeless

Related Words extinct; dying, fading, moribund; stillborn; finished, lapsed, terminated; barren, desert; inanimate, insensate, nonliving, unanimated

Phrases bitten the dust, passed away, passed on

Near Antonyms animate, animated; dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vital, vivacious; active, functioning, operative, running

Antonyms alive, breathing, going, living

2 depleted in strength, energy, or freshness <a long day of traveling left them just dead> — see weary 1
3 having no exceptions or restrictions <there was a dead silence following that incredibly moving performance> — see absolute 2
4 lacking in sensation or feeling <my foot was dead after I absentmindedly sat on it for an hour> — see numb
5 no longer existing <the dead Babylonian culture> — see extinct
6 not being in a state of use, activity, or employment <local coal mines that have been dead for years> — see inactive 2
7 of, relating to, or suggestive of death <fell into a dead faint upon hearing the news> — see deathly 1