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dead
Synonyms and Antonyms of dead
- I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather
- the store is often dead after 4:00 p.m.
- a long day of traveling left them just dead
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
- there was a dead silence following that incredibly moving performance
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
- 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
- fell into a dead faint upon hearing the news
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
- from the first sip I could tell that the wine hadn't aged well and was pretty much dead
- 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
- I'm dead certain that's the one I want
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Synonyms and Antonyms of dead
- it's impossible to raise someone from the dead
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