DEAD as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • people who are no longer living
   Usage Example(s)
   • they buried the dead
   Hypernyms(s) dead is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • people (what does people mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • living (what does living mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • slain (what does slain mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
   Usage Example(s)
   • the dead of winter
   Hypernyms(s) dead is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • time (what does time mean?)

DEAD as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • devoid of activity
   • nothing ever happens here”
   Usage Example(s)
   • this is a dead town
   Similar To
   • inactive (what does inactive mean?)
2. Meaning
   • physically inactive
   Usage Example(s)
   • Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range
   Similar To
   • extinct (what does extinct mean?)
   • inactive (what does inactive mean?)
3. Meaning
   • no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
   Usage Example(s)
   • the nerve is dead
   • a dead pallor
   • he was marked as a dead man by the assassin
   Antonym(s)
   • alive(p) (what does alive(p) mean?)
   Similar To
   • asleep(p) (what does asleep(p) mean?)
   • at peace(p) (what does at peace(p) mean?)
   • at rest(p) (what does at rest(p) mean?)
   • deceased (what does deceased mean?)
   • departed (what does departed mean?)
   • gone (what does gone mean?)
   • assassinated (what does assassinated mean?)
   • bloodless (what does bloodless mean?)
   • exsanguine (what does exsanguine mean?)
   • exsanguinous (what does exsanguinous mean?)
   • brain dead (what does brain dead mean?)
   • breathless (what does breathless mean?)
   • inanimate (what does inanimate mean?)
   • pulseless (what does pulseless mean?)
   • cold (what does cold mean?)
   • deathlike (what does deathlike mean?)
   • deathly (what does deathly mean?)
   • defunct (what does defunct mean?)
   • d.o.a. (what does d.o.a. mean?)
   • doomed (what does doomed mean?)
   • executed (what does executed mean?)
   • fallen (what does fallen mean?)
   • late(a) (what does late(a) mean?)
   • lifeless (what does lifeless mean?)
   • exanimate (what does exanimate mean?)
   • murdered (what does murdered mean?)
   • slain (what does slain mean?)
   • stillborn (what does stillborn mean?)
   • stone-dead (what does stone-dead mean?)
   • nonviable (what does nonviable mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • animation (what does animation mean?)
   • life (what does life mean?)
   • living (what does living mean?)
   • aliveness (what does aliveness mean?)
   • animation (what does animation mean?)
   • vitality (what does vitality mean?)
4. Meaning
   • not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life
   • no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
   Usage Example(s)
   • Mars is a dead planet
   • a dead battery
   • dead soil
   • dead coals
   • the fire is dead
   Antonym(s)
   • live (what does live mean?)
   Similar To
   • barren (what does barren mean?)
   • lifeless (what does lifeless mean?)
   • out of play(p) (what does out of play(p) mean?)
   • extinct (what does extinct mean?)
   • out(p) (what does out(p) mean?)
5. Meaning
   • not endowed with life
   Synonym(s)
   • inanimate (what does inanimate mean?)
   • nonliving (what does nonliving mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the inorganic world is inanimate
   • inanimate objects
   • dead stones
   Antonym(s)
   • animate (what does animate mean?)
   Similar To
   • nonconscious (what does nonconscious mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • animateness (what does animateness mean?)
   • aliveness (what does aliveness mean?)
   • liveness (what does liveness mean?)
6. Meaning
   • lacking animation or excitement or activity
   Synonym(s)
   • lifeless (what does lifeless mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the party being dead we left early
   • it was a lifeless party until she arrived
   Similar To
   • unanimated (what does unanimated mean?)
7. Meaning
   • drained of electric charge
   • discharged
   Synonym(s)
   • drained (what does drained mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a dead battery
   • left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained
   Similar To
   • uncharged (what does uncharged mean?)
8. Meaning
   • no longer having force or relevance
   Usage Example(s)
   • a dead issue
   Similar To
   • noncurrent (what does noncurrent mean?)
9. Meaning
   • no longer in force or use
   • inactive
   Synonym(s)
   • defunct (what does defunct mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a defunct (or dead) law
   • a defunct organization
   Similar To
   • inoperative (what does inoperative mean?)
10. Meaning
    • lacking resilience or bounce
    Usage Example(s)
    • a dead tennis ball
    Similar To
    • inelastic (what does inelastic mean?)
11. Meaning
    • not surviving in active use
    Usage Example(s)
    • Latin is a dead language
    Similar To
    • extinct (what does extinct mean?)
    • nonextant (what does nonextant mean?)
12. Meaning
    • out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
    Usage Example(s)
    • a dead telephone line
    • the motor is dead
    Similar To
    • malfunctioning (what does malfunctioning mean?)
    • nonfunctional (what does nonfunctional mean?)
13. Meaning
    • unerringly accurate
    Usage Example(s)
    • a dead shot
    • took dead aim
    Similar To
    • precise (what does precise mean?)
14. Meaning
    • not yielding a return
    Synonym(s)
    • idle (what does idle mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • dead capital
    • idle funds
    Similar To
    • unprofitable (what does unprofitable mean?)
15. Meaning
    • lacking acoustic resonance
    Usage Example(s)
    • dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs
    • the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio
    Similar To
    • unreverberant (what does unreverberant mean?)
    • nonresonant (what does nonresonant mean?)
16. Meaning
    • devoid of physical sensation
    • numb
    Synonym(s)
    • deadened (what does deadened mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • 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
    Similar To
    • insensitive (what does insensitive mean?)

DEAD as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • completely and without qualification
   • used informally as intensifiers
   Synonym(s)
   • absolutely (what does absolutely mean?)
   • perfectly (what does perfectly mean?)
   • utterly (what does utterly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Pertainym(s)
   • arrant(a) (what does arrant(a) mean?)
   • complete(a) (what does complete(a) mean?)
   • consummate(a) (what does consummate(a) mean?)
   • double-dyed(a) (what does double-dyed(a) mean?)
   • everlasting(a) (what does everlasting(a) mean?)
   • gross(a) (what does gross(a) mean?)
   • perfect(a) (what does perfect(a) mean?)
   • pure(a) (what does pure(a) mean?)
   • sodding(a) (what does sodding(a) mean?)
   • stark(a) (what does stark(a) mean?)
   • staring(a) (what does staring(a) mean?)
   • thoroughgoing(a) (what does thoroughgoing(a) mean?)
   • utter(a) (what does utter(a) mean?)
   • arrant(a) (what does arrant(a) mean?)
   • complete(a) (what does complete(a) mean?)
   • consummate(a) (what does consummate(a) mean?)
   • double-dyed(a) (what does double-dyed(a) mean?)
   • everlasting(a) (what does everlasting(a) mean?)
   • gross(a) (what does gross(a) mean?)
   • perfect(a) (what does perfect(a) mean?)
   • pure(a) (what does pure(a) mean?)
   • sodding(a) (what does sodding(a) mean?)
   • stark(a) (what does stark(a) mean?)
   • staring(a) (what does staring(a) mean?)
   • thoroughgoing(a) (what does thoroughgoing(a) mean?)
   • utter(a) (what does utter(a) mean?)
   • absolute (what does absolute mean?)
   • downright (what does downright mean?)
   • out-and-out(a) (what does out-and-out(a) mean?)
   • rank(a) (what does rank(a) mean?)
   • right-down (what does right-down mean?)
   • sheer(a) (what does sheer(a) mean?)
2. Meaning
   • quickly and without warning
   Synonym(s)
   • abruptly (what does abruptly mean?)
   • short (what does short mean?)
   • suddenly (what does suddenly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he stopped suddenly
   Pertainym(s)
   • sudden (what does sudden mean?)
   • abrupt (what does abrupt mean?)