Dead synonyms
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Part of speech:
Dead, especially if only recently deceased:
Without life
gone to meet one's Maker
Without life
animated (antonym)
The definition of animated is to have or seem to have life or be lively.
Without life
with the saints
Without life
Belonging to the dead.
Without life
The definition of defunct is a person or thing that no longer lives or exists.
clay-cold
Without life
kaputt
deprived of life
Without life
gone to glory
Without life
Not animate; not endowed with (animal) life
Having been so in the past:
Emaciated; gaunt:
Without life
no longer living
Without life
not endowed with life
Without life
Carried away; absorbed:
No longer existing or living:
in the grave
Without life
(Old Poet.) No longer breathing; dead
Making or characterized by no sound or faint sound:
gone the way of all flesh
Without life
gone to one's reward
Without life
out of one's misery
Without life
gone to one's last rest
Without life
gone to a better place
Without life
gathered to one's fathers
Without life
beneath the sod
Without life
numbered with the dead
Without life
bereft of life
Without life
Without life
asleep in the Lord
Without life
resting in peace
Without life
(Literary) killed in battle
bought-the-farm
Without life
dead-as-a-doornail
(Simile) Unquestionably dead. Used for both inanimate objects and once living beings.
gone west
Without life
(Law) Set; ascertained; made certain by operation of law.
snuffed out
Without life
(Heraldry) having the appearance of being forcibly torn off, with parts left jagged or uneven.
gone home in a box
Without life
pushing-up-daisies
(Idiomatic, euphemistic) Dead.
put-to-bed-with-a-shovel
Without life
grounded for good
Without life
Having or exhibiting little or no activity, esp. chemical activity
Showing little or no activity or vitality; inactive or sluggish:
Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.
Numb
Subject to anesthesia
Extinct
Referring to something that has been eliminated
Extinct
No longer in use:
*Exhausted
Showing the wearing effects of overwork, worry, or suffering:
Depleted or nearly depleted of fissionable material:
Of or coming at the end; last; concluding
Constituting the (or a) whole; entire; whole
The definition of unconditional is without limits or reservations.
the departed
the deceased
one's fathers
alive (antonym)
The definition of alive is having life or existing.
animate (antonym)
Frequently moving; active or vigorous:
enduring (antonym)
Lasting; permanent; durable
dead (related)
Having grown cold; having been extinguished:
numb (related)
The definition of numb is someone or something without feeling or unable to move.
paralyzed (related)
Numb
unconscious (related)
Without conscious control; involuntary or unintended:
tired (related)
The definition of tired is being bored with something, or something that has become stale or being fatigued and in need of rest.
absolute (related)
Absolute is defined as something that is 100 percent complete with no exceptions.
ancestor (related)
body (related)
ad patres
amort
As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.
A drug that temporarily depresses neuronal function, producing total or partial loss of sensation with or without the loss of consciousness.
Devoid of something specified:
Callous is defined as cruel or insensitive.
No longer occupied or used; abandoned:
exanimate
Without animation; spiritless; inert
Motionless; still.
Not composed of organic matter.
Insensitive, indifferent
Impossible to retract or revoke:
Going on in the same tone without variation
The definition of moribund is someone or something that is near death or that is lacking in life and vitality.
Of or relating to burial practices.
(Geometry) Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle.
Quiet or withdrawn
Having lost temporarily all or part of the power of sensation or motion, as a hibernating animal; dormant
Incapable of feeling or sensation; insensate or insensible
Exhibiting a lack of responsiveness.
A fluctuation or pulsation, usually repeated, in the amplitude of a signal. Beats are generally produced by the superposition of two waves of different frequencies; if the signals are audible, this results in fluctuations between louder and quieter sound.
To speak or publish.
(Physics) The phenomenon in which a particle and an antiparticle, such as an electron and a positron, meet and are converted to a combination of energy or energetic particles approximately equivalent to the sum of their masses.
Termination; the end (as of the world or of life).
The termination or extinction of something:
The conveyance of an interest in real property for a specified time period by will or lease; the death of a person or cessation of a corporate entity.
Extinction is defined as the act of ending the existence of a plant or animal.
Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate.
(Demography) The death rate of a population.
necrophilism
Alternative term for necrophilia
Anything that serves to quiet, curb, or end an activity
Muscular stiffening following death, resulting from the unavailability of energy needed to interrupt contraction of the muscle fibers.
To induce anesthesia in.
To make numb, especially by cold.
To lose vigor, brilliance, or liveliness.
Obscure is defined as to make confusing or hard to see.
To cause paralysis in; make paralytic
To cause (someone) to be unable to think clearly or be sensitive to the surroundings; daze:
incomplete (antonym)
Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
unfinished (antonym)
Not finished; not completed or perfected; incomplete
continuing (antonym)
complete, total
living (antonym)
Alive; having life; not dead
live (antonym)
Broadcast while actually being performed; not taped, filmed, or recorded:
active (antonym)
Necessitating action or work
spirited (antonym)
Full of spirit; lively; energetic; animated
interested (antonym)
The definition of interested is the giving of attention to something or the people or things involved.
responsive (antonym)
Containing or using responses:
being (antonym)
no longer alive
subsisting (antonym)
no longer alive
existent (antonym)
Existing now; present; immediate
working (antonym)
Taken while continuing to work:
operative (antonym)
The definition of operative is in force, functioning or having control, or refers to something that has the most significance or the greatest importance.
incompletely (antonym)
completely, totally
Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
Extremely tired; exhausted:
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
quickly and without warning
quickly and without warning
quickly and without warning
anechoic
Free from echoes; completely absorbing sound or radar waves
gruelly
Like gruel.
spiceless
belowground
devoid of life
Without life
clinically-dead
(Medicine, law) In a state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.
stone-cold
Without emotion.
Synonym Study
- Lifeless refers to that which has died or appears dead or to things that exhibit no life or spirit her lifeless body, a lifeless painting
- Inanimate refers to that which has never had life inanimate rocks
- Extinct is applied to a species, race, etc. that has no living member
- Defunct , applied to a person, is now somewhat rhetorical or jocular, but it is also commonly used of something that because of failure no longer exists or functions a defunct government
- Late precedes the name, relationship, or title of one who has died, especially recently the late Mr. Green or of one who preceded the incumbent in some office or function his late employer
- Deceased and departed are both euphemistic, esp. for one who has recently died, but the former is largely a legal, and the latter a religious, usage
- Dead is the general word for someone or something that was alive but is no longer so
Find another word for dead. In this page you can discover 187 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dead, like: late, no more, gone to meet one's Maker, animated, lifeless, departed, with the saints, deceased, perished, defunct and clay-cold.