the dead

noun

: the state of being dead

—usually used in the phrases rise from the dead or come back from the dead or return from the dead to mean to become alive again after dying

For a moment, I thought that my grandfather had come back from the dead.

They believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

Examples of the dead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These would be performers in the vein of Houdini, who debunked mediums preying on the grieving during his own hunt for real contact with the dead. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

Police did not identify the dead, saying only that one passenger was a 20-year-old man. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026

One of the dead women has still not been identified, so police cannot yet say whether any other foreign nationals were killed. — Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026

Four of the dead in the city center attack have been identified, though their names have not been released. — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for the dead

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead