Synonyms of dead
42 similar words · 10 opposite words
Another word for dead is gone. Other synonyms of dead are expired, lifeless, low, cold and clay-cold. The opposite of dead is alive.
Synonyms and similar words for dead
nounTime when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
- nadirThe lowest point; time of greatest depression.
nounThose who have died: dead people.
adjectiveMore synonyms
- asleep euphemisticDead.
- at rest euphemistic
- blessed euphemisticElect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
- cadaverousCorpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
- clay-coldAs cold as clay; lifeless.
- breathless literaryNot breathing; dead or apparently so.
- resting
- coldWithout electrical power being supplied.
- decomposed
- defunctDeceased, dead.
- expiredDead.
- extinctOf a person: dead; also, permanently separated from others.
- goneDead.
- goodOf a black person, dead or killed.
- inanimate
- inert
- kaputOut of order; not working.
- killed
- lateRecently deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be...
- lifelessDead; having lost life.
- living impairedDead.
- lowDead. (Compare lay low.).
- no longer with usDead; deceased.
- no moreDead, no longer in existence.
- perished
- reposing
- six feet deepSynonym of six feet under.
- six feet underBuried underground; not alive; dead.
- stiffDead, deceased.
- unaliveNot alive; dead or inanimate.
- unalived
- wasted
- with GodDead; deceased.
- fey obsoleteDying; dead.
- whilom obsolete
Opposite of dead
adjectiveLacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people.
adjectiveOf a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: ending abruptly.
- liveOf an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
Meaning of dead
- adjective No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.).
- adjective Devoid of living things; barren.
- adjective Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
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