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dead
Synonyms and Antonyms of dead
- I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather.
bitten the dust
- The store is often dead after 4:00 p.m.
- A long day of traveling left them just dead.
worn to a frazzle
- There was a dead silence following that incredibly moving performance.
absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very
- My foot was dead after I absentmindedly sat on it for an hour.
- the dead Babylonian culture
- local coal mines that have been dead for years
at rest, on the shelf, out of commission
- fell into a dead faint upon hearing the news
active, alive, animate, breathing, live, living
animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, 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
- If we don't finish this project on time, we're dead.
endangered, imperiled (or imperilled)
- the dead wastes of the far country to the west
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
- The finish line is dead ahead.
as the crow flies
- I'm dead certain that's the one I want.
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
- It's impossible to raise someone from the dead.
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