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dead
Synonyms and Antonyms of dead
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no longer living
bitten the dust
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lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation
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depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
all in, aweary [archaic], beat, beaten, bleary, burned-out (or burnt-out), bushed, done, drained, exhausted, fatigued, jaded, knackered [British], limp, logy (also loggy), played out, pooped [slang], prostrate, spent, tapped out, tired, tuckered (out), washed-out, wearied, weary, wiped out, worn, worn-out
worn to a frazzle
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having no exceptions or restrictions
absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very
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lacking in sensation or feeling
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no longer existing
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not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
at rest, on the shelf, out of commission
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of, relating to, or suggestive of death
active, alive, animate, breathing, live, living
animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, jazzy, lively, peppy, perky, pert, racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy
able-bodied, chipper, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, robust, sound, well, whole, wholesome
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facing certain defeat, disaster, or death
endangered, imperiled (or imperilled)
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lacking in taste or flavor
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producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation
barren, bony (also boney), desolate, hardscrabble, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unfertile, unproductive, waste
Synonym Discussion of dead
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- a dead, listless performance
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- a defunct television series
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- the estate of the deceased
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- our departed sister
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- the company's late president
dead
Synonyms and Antonyms of dead
1
in a direct line or course
as the crow flies
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to a full extent or degree
all the way, at length, down the line, down to the ground, for fair, in whole, to bits, to pieces, to the hilt, to the max
dead
Synonyms and Antonyms of dead
the state of being dead
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