Dead

Quick meaning: Dead is an adjective meaning (usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.).

Meaning

(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.).

More Meanings

1. (usually not comparable) Devoid of living things; barren.
2. (hyperbolic) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
3. Utterly exhausted.
4. (of another person) So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored, or ostracized.
5. (literal or hyperbolic) Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead.
6. Without emotion; impassive.
7. Stationary; static; immobile or immovable.

Example Sentences

wake the dead

raise the dead

Have respect for the dead.

All of my grandparents are dead.

Word Forms

• deader
• deadest
• deads
• deading
• deaded

Synonyms for dead

Depending on context, synonyms include asleep, blessed, cadaverous, clay-cold, deceased, resting.

Antonyms for dead

Common opposites include alive, live, living, bustling, busy, crowded.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include deceased, defunct, doomed, deathly, deathlike, extinct.

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