dead

nouns

people who are no longer living
"they buried the dead"
dead
antonym
living
is a type of (narrower)
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
"old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
people
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
"the dead of winter"
dead
is a type of (narrower)
an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
"he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time"
time

adjectives

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
"the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
dead
is derived from
deadness
antonym
alive
is similar to
dead
"he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"
asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone
is similar to
murdered by surprise attack for political reasons
"the 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders"
assassinated
is similar to
destitute of blood or apparently so
"the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden
bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous
is similar to
having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram
"was declared brain dead"
brain dead
is similar to
appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
"an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"
breathless, inanimate, pulseless
is similar to
lacking the warmth of life
"cold in his grave"
cold
is similar to
abbreviation for `dead on arrival' at the emergency room
d.o.a.
is similar to
having the physical appearance of death
"a deathly pallor"
deathlike, deathly
is similar to
having ceased to exist or live
"the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"
defunct
is similar to
marked for certain death
"the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"
doomed
is similar to
put to death as punishment
"claimed the body of the executed traitor"
executed
is similar to
killed in battle
"to honor fallen soldiers"
fallen
is similar to
having died recently
"her late husband"
late
is similar to
deprived of life; no longer living
"a lifeless body"
exanimate, lifeless
is similar to
killed unlawfully
"the murdered woman"; "lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"
murdered
is similar to
not capable of living or developing successfully
nonviable
is similar to
killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"
"a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"
slain
is similar to
(of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn
"a stillborn baby"
stillborn
is similar to
as lifeless as a stone
stone-dead
is an attribute of
the property of being able to survive and grow
"the vitality of a seed"
animation, vitality
is an attribute of
the condition of living or the state of being alive
"while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"
aliveness, animation, life, living
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
"Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"
dead
is derived from
deadness
antonym
live
is similar to
being out or having grown cold
"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
extinct, out
is similar to
not having the capacity to support life
"a lifeless planet"
lifeless
is similar to
(of a ball) "a ball that is out of play is dead"
out of play
see also
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
"an extinct volcano"
extinct
very tired
"was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"
all in, beat, bushed, dead
unerringly accurate
"a dead shot"; "took dead aim"
dead
is similar to
sharply exact or accurate or delimited
"a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
precise
physically inactive
"Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
dead
is derived from
deadness
is similar to
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
"an extinct volcano"
extinct
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
"passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
dead, numb
is derived from
deadness
devoid of physical sensation; numb
"his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
dead, deadened
is derived from
deadness
lacking acoustic resonance
"dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
dead
is similar to
not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate
nonresonant, unreverberant
not yielding a return
"dead capital"; "idle funds"
dead, idle
not circulating or flowing
"dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"
dead, stagnant
is derived from
deadness
not surviving in active use
"Latin is a dead language"
dead
is derived from
deadness
is similar to
no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
"an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"
extinct, nonextant
lacking resilience or bounce
"a dead tennis ball"
dead
is derived from
deadness
is similar to
not elastic
"economists speak of an inelastic price structure"
inelastic
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
"a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"
dead
is derived from
deadness
is similar to
not working or taking effect
"an inoperative law"
inoperative
no longer having force or relevance
"a dead issue"
dead
is similar to
not current or belonging to the present time
noncurrent
complete
"came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"
dead, utter
drained of electric charge; discharged
"a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
dead, drained
is derived from
deadness
devoid of activity
"this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"
dead
is similar to
lacking activity; lying idle or unused
"an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
inactive

adverbs

quickly and without warning
"he stopped suddenly"
abruptly, dead, short, suddenly
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
"an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"
absolutely, dead, perfectly, utterly