Synonyms of dead

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adjective

1

as in deceased

no longer living

I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceased
• fallen
• dying
• late
• asleep
• extinct
• low
• gone
• lifeless
• departed
• demised
• defunct
• cold
• breathless
• bitten the dust
• fading
• moribund
• terminated
• stillborn
• inanimate
• finished
• lapsed
• nonliving
• insensate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alive
• live
• breathing
• living
• quick
• going
• dynamic
• vital
• active
• animate
• lively
• vibrant
• functioning
• operative
• animated
• thriving
• vivacious
• running

2

as in slow

lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation

the store is often dead after 4:00 p.m.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slow
• sleepy
• comatose
• vacant
• idle
• dormant
• sluggish
• off
• inert
• inactive
• lethargic
• fallow
• latent
• torpid
• inoperative
• free

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alive
• busy
• thriving
• lively
• flourishing
• vibrant
• humming
• animated
• bustling
• buzzing
• astir
• overflowing
• teeming
• swarming
• abounding
• thronging

3

as in tired

depleted in strength, energy, or freshness

a long day of traveling left them just dead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tired
• exhausted
• weary
• drained
• beaten
• worn
• beat
• limp
• wearied
• done
• prostrate
• spent
• tapped out
• burnt-out
• aweary
• jaded
• worn to a frazzle
• wiped out
• fatigued
• loggy
• knackered
• bushed
• pooped
• burned-out
• all in
• bleary
• worn-out
• played out
• washed-out
• logy
• weakened
• sleepy
• overworked
• tuckered (out)
• overtaxed
• debilitated
• broken-down
• enfeebled
• lethargic
• enervated
• overfatigued
• sapped
• drowsy
• sluggish
• run-down
• heavy
• enervate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fresh
• rested
• unwearied
• rejuvenated
• active
• refreshed
• relaxed
• strong
• energetic
• strengthened
• tireless
• revitalized
• peppy
• invigorated
• vitalized
• weariless

4

as in absolute

having no exceptions or restrictions

there was a dead silence following that incredibly moving performance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• absolute
• unconditional
• pure
• utter
• sheer
• total
• complete
• simple
• damned
• damn
• outright
• perfect
• definite
• real
• very
• deadly
• crashing
• blank
• clean
• flat
• dreadful
• blooming
• huge
• endless
• regular
• plumb
• profound
• unmitigated
• stone
• unqualified
• downright
• unadulterated
• rank
• stark
• categorical
• fair
• eternal
• flat-out
• constant
• thorough
• thoroughgoing
• consummate
• straight-out
• horrible
• out-and-out
• unalloyed
• genuine
• perpetual
• terrible
• bodacious
• arrant
• categoric
• all-out
• veritable
• authentic
• hopeless
• main
• classic
• undying
• confirmed
• extreme
• unrestricted
• unremitting
• supreme
• extraordinary
• habitual
• terrific
• inveterate
• frightful
• superlative
• surpassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• doubtful
• questionable
• restricted
• qualified
• dubious
• equivocal

5

as in numb

lacking in sensation or feeling

my foot was dead after I absentmindedly sat on it for an hour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• numb
• numbed
• asleep
• insensitive
• torpid
• benumbed
• unfeeling
• unconscious
• chilled
• drugged
• deadened
• anesthetized
• inanimate
• dulled
• stupefied
• blunted
• cocainized
• nipped
• insensate
• senseless
• obtunded
• insensible

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• feeling
• sensitive
• sensible
• awake

6

as in extinct

no longer existing

the dead Babylonian culture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extinct
• defunct
• vanished
• expired
• gone
• departed
• bygone
• dying
• done
• obsolete
• fallen
• faded
• nonextant
• nonexistent
• bypast
• moribund
• antiquated
• lost
• collapsed
• terminated
• dated
• lapsed
• missing
• finished
• overthrown
• passé

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alive
• existing
• living
• extant
• active
• dynamic
• existent
• vibrant
• thriving

7

as in dormant

not being in a state of use, activity, or employment

local coal mines that have been dead for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dormant
• off
• idle
• vacant
• unused
• inert
• inactive
• fallow
• out of commission
• at rest
• latent
• inoperative
• free
• on the shelf
• asleep
• suspended
• useless
• arrested
• lifeless
• comatose
• unusable
• unoccupied
• moribund
• interrupted
• quiescent
• slow
• sleepy
• inoperable
• unworkable
• abeyant
• dull

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alive
• active
• operating
• on
• functioning
• busy
• operative
• living
• working
• going
• employed
• operational
• functional
• workable
• running
• operable
• industrious
• useful
• practical
• viable
• vigorous
• energetic
• feasible
• usable
• assiduous
• sedulous
• useable

8

as in deadly

of, relating to, or suggestive of death

fell into a dead faint upon hearing the news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deadly
• mortal
• spectral
• lethal
• mortuary
• deathly
• phantom
• lifeless
• murderous
• fatal
• fell
• ghostly
• killer
• still
• inert
• inactive
• quiescent
• ghostlike
• cadaverous
• inoperative
• fateful
• macabre
• pestilent
• baleful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alive
• active
• live
• breathing
• living
• animate
• vital
• gay
• lively
• vigorous
• spirited
• energetic
• well
• animated
• bouncing
• perky
• vivacious
• brisk
• sprightly
• whole
• frisky
• springy
• pert
• healthy
• peppy
• sound
• spanking
• jaunty
• jazzy
• racy
• snappy
• hale
• wholesome
• fit
• robust
• sparky
• hearty
• able-bodied
• chipper
• zippy
• sprightful

9

as in doomed

facing certain defeat, disaster, or death

if we don't finish this project on time, we're dead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doomed
• sunk
• done
• ruined
• finished
• endangered
• done for
• kaputt
• imperiled
• kaput
• imperilled

10

as in bland

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 & Similar Words

• bland
• thin
• flat
• insipid
• plain
• weak
• tasteless
• savorless
• flavorless
• unsavory
• dilute
• watery
• unflavored

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tasty
• disgusting
• loathsome
• sickening
• savory
• tasteful
• flavorful
• distasteful
• unpalatable
• delicious
• unappetizing
• mawkish
• cloying
• delectable
• savoury
• palatable
• seasoned
• appetizing
• keen
• rich
• spicy
• sapid
• flavorsome
• heavy
• piquant
• flavored
• toothsome

11

as in barren

producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation

the dead wastes of the far country to the west

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barren
• desolate
• impoverished
• waste
• poor
• bleak
• bony
• infertile
• unfertile
• unproductive
• lifeless
• hardscrabble
• boney
• desert
• dry
• stark
• drained
• exhausted
• inhospitable
• thirsty
• consumed
• depleted
• reduced
• diminished
• debilitated
• spent
• uncultivable
• enfeebled
• untillable
• dehydrated
• sere
• sear
• baked
• arid
• expended
• dried-up
• lessened
• droughty
• waterless
• bankrupted
• sunbaked
• parched
• rainless
• used up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rich
• productive
• fertile
• fruitful
• lush
• green
• luxuriant
• arable
• tillable
• verdant
• sylvan

dead

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adverb

1

as in straight

in a direct line or course

the finish line is dead ahead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• straight
• right
• directly
• direct
• due
• as the crow flies
• straightway
• plump
• plumb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indirectly
• circuitously
• deviously
• veeringly

2

as in completely

to a full extent or degree

I'm dead certain that's the one I want

Synonyms & Similar Words

• completely
• all
• quite
• fully
• totally
• perfectly
• utterly
• fast
• wholly
• even
• well
• thoroughly
• entirely
• exactly
• out
• absolutely
• wide
• entire
• flat
• enough
• clean
• for fair
• at length
• all the way
• to pieces
• to bits
• full
• soundly
• in whole
• all over
• basically
• down the line
• altogether
• down to the ground
• cold
• through and through
• plumb
• heartily
• to the max
• to the hilt
• mostly
• all of
• plain
• largely
• substantially
• downright
• stone-cold
• mainly
• generally
• categorically
• stone
• predominantly
• chiefly
• primarily
• principally
• unqualifiedly
• more or less
• predominately
• by and large
• hands down
• greatly
• overall
• abundantly
• generously
• copiously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• partially
• halfway
• half
• partly
• just
• barely
• slightly
• scarcely
• hardly
• incompletely
• marginally
• superficially
• minimally
• somewhat
• part
• approximately
• roughly
• kind of

dead

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noun (1)

as in death

the state of being dead

it's impossible to raise someone from the dead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• death
• grave
• deadness
• mortality
• sleep
• nothingness
• lifelessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• life
• existence
• immortality
• lifetime
• life span

deadness

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noun (2)

as in dead

the state of being dead

the sheer deadness of the corpse was the creepiest thing about it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• death
• dead
• mortality
• grave
• lifelessness
• nothingness
• sleep

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• existence
• life
• immortality
• lifetime
• life span

Phrases Containing dead

• dead heat
• knock dead