dead

1 no longer living I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather Synonyms of dead asleep, breathless, cold, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, fallen, gone, late, lifeless, low Words Related to dead extinct; dying, fading, moribund; stillborn; finished, lapsed, terminated; inanimate, insensate, nonliving Phrases bitten the dust Near Antonyms of dead animated; dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vital, vivacious; active, functioning, operative, running Antonyms of dead alive, animate, breathing, going, live, living, quick

2 lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation the store is often dead after 4:00 p.m. Synonyms of dead comatose, sleepy, slow Words Related to dead lethargic, sluggish, torpid; dormant, fallow, free, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, latent, off, vacant Near Antonyms of dead abounding, overflowing, swarming, teeming, thronging Antonyms of dead alive, animated, astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, flourishing, humming, lively, thriving, vibrant

3 depleted in strength, energy, or freshness a long day of traveling left them just dead Synonyms of dead all in, aweary [archaic], beat, beaten, bleary, burned-out (or burnt-out), bushed, weary, done, done in, drained, exhausted, fatigued, jaded, knackered [British], limp, logy (also loggy), played out, pooped [slang], prostrate, spent, tapped out, tired, tuckered (out), washed-out, wearied, wiped out, worn, worn-outWords Related to dead overfatigued, overtaxed, overworked; broken-down, run-down; debilitated, enervate, enervated, enfeebled, sapped, weakened; drowsy, heavy, sleepy; lethargic, sluggishNear Antonyms of dead fresh, refreshed, rejuvenated, relaxed, rested, revitalized; active, energetic, invigorated, peppy, strengthened, strong, tireless, vitalized, wearilessAntonyms of dead unwearied

4 having no exceptions or restrictions there was a dead silence following that incredibly moving performance Synonyms of dead all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, absolute, 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, veryWords Related to dead authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritable; constant, endless, eternal, perpetual, undying, unremitting; extreme, unrestricted; confirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterate; extraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrificNear Antonyms of dead doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain

5 lacking in sensation or feeling my foot was dead after I absentmindedly sat on it for an hour Synonyms of dead asleep, benumbed, numb, insensitive, numbed, torpid, unfeelingWords Related to dead chilled, nipped; anesthetized, cocainized, deadened, drugged, stupefied; blunted, dulled, obtunded; insensible, senseless, unconscious; inanimate, insensateNear Antonyms of dead awakeAntonyms of dead feeling, sensible, sensitive

6 no longer existing the dead Babylonian culture Synonyms of dead bygone, bypast, extinct, defunct, departed, done, expired, gone, nonextant, vanishedWords Related to dead nonexistent; dying, faded, moribund; collapsed, fallen, overthrown; antiquated, dated, obsolete, passé; finished, lapsed, terminated; lost, missingNear Antonyms of dead active, dynamic, thriving, vibrantAntonyms of dead alive, existent, existing, extant, living

7 not being in a state of use, activity, or employment local coal mines that have been dead for years Synonyms of dead inactive, dormant, fallow, free, idle, inert, inoperative, latent, off, unused, vacantWords Related to dead abeyant, arrested, interrupted, suspended; unoccupied; asleep, comatose, lifeless, moribund, quiescent, sleepy; inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless; dull, slowNear Antonyms of dead functional, operable, operational, workable; assiduous, industrious, sedulous; energetic, vigorous; feasible, practical, usable (also useable), useful, viableAntonyms of dead active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, going, living, on, operating, operative, running, working

8 of, relating to, or suggestive of death fell into a dead faint upon hearing the news Synonyms of dead deathly, deadly, mortal, mortuaryWords Related to dead cadaverous; ghostlike, ghostly, phantom, spectral; inactive, inert, inoperative, lifeless, quiescent, still; macabre; baleful, fatal, fateful, fell, killer, lethal, murderous, pestilentNear Antonyms of dead 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

9 facing certain defeat, disaster, or death if we don't finish this project on time, we're dead Synonyms of dead done for, done, doomed, finished, kaput (also kaputt), ruined, sunkWords Related to dead endangered, imperiled (or imperilled)

10 lacking in taste or flavor from the first sip I could tell that the wine hadn't aged well and was pretty much dead Synonyms of dead insipid, flat, flavorless, savorless, tasteless, unsavoryWords Related to dead bland, dilute, thin, watery, weak; plain, unflavoredNear Antonyms of dead disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, sickening, unappetizing, unpalatable; cloying, mawkish; appetizing, delectable, delicious, palatable, toothsome; keen, piquant, seasoned, spicy; flavored; heavy, richAntonyms of dead flavorful, flavorsome, sapid, savory (also savoury), tasteful, tasty

11 producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation the dead wastes of the far country to the west Synonyms of dead bony (also boney), barren, desolate, hardscrabble, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unfertile, unproductive, wasteWords Related to dead bleak, inhospitable, lifeless; uncultivable, untillable; bankrupted, consumed, debilitated, depleted, diminished, drained, dried-up, enfeebled, exhausted, expended, lessened, reduced, spent, used up; arid, desert, droughty, dry, rainless, sere (also sear), thirsty, waterless; baked, dehydrated, parched, sunbakedNear Antonyms of dead arable, tillable; green, sylvan, verdantAntonyms of dead fertile, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, rich

1 in a direct line or course the finish line is dead ahead Synonyms of dead directly, direct, due, plumb, plump, right, straight, straightwayNear Antonyms of dead circuitously, deviously, veeringlyAntonyms of dead indirectly

2 to a full extent or degree I'm dead certain that's the one I want Synonyms of dead all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, fully, enough, entire, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wideWords Related to dead absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly; basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially; abundantly, copiously, generously, greatlyNear Antonyms of dead barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially; approximately, roughly, somewhatAntonyms of dead half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly

the state of being dead it's impossible to raise someone from the dead Synonyms of dead death, deadness, grave, lifelessness, nothingness, sleepWords Related to dead mortalityNear Antonyms of dead immortality; life span, lifetimeAntonyms of dead existence, life