Antonyms for alive

Antonyms for (adj) alive

Main entry: alive, live

Definition: possessing life

Usage: the happiest person alive; the nerve is alive; doctors are working hard to keep him alive; burned alive; a live canary

Antonyms: dead

Definition: no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life


Main entry: animated, alive

Definition: having life or vigor or spirit

Usage: an animated and expressive face; animated conversation; became very animated when he heard the good news

Antonyms: unanimated

Definition: not animated or enlivened; dull


Antonyms: unenlivened

Definition: not made lively or brightened


Antonyms: spiritless

Definition: lacking ardor or vigor or energy


Antonyms: dull

Definition: lacking in liveliness or animation


Antonyms: unrenewed, unrevived

Definition: not revived


Main entry: alive, live

Definition: capable of erupting

Usage: a live volcano; the volcano is very much alive

Antonyms: inactive

Definition: not active physically or mentally


Antonyms: inactive

Definition: not engaged in full-time work


Antonyms: inactive

Definition: lacking activity; lying idle or unused


Antonyms: inactive

Definition: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly


Antonyms: inactive, passive

Definition: lacking in energy or will


Antonyms: inactive, dormant

Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct


Antonyms: extinct

Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive


Antonyms: stative

Definition: ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action


Antonyms: passive

Definition: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb


Antonyms: inactive

Definition: not exerting influence or change


Antonyms: quiet

Definition: of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.


Main entry: alive

Definition: (followed by `to' or `of') aware of

Usage: is alive to the moods of others

Antonyms: insensitive

Definition: not responsive to physical stimuli


Antonyms: insensitive

Definition: deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive


Main entry: active, alive

Definition: in operation

Usage: keep hope alive; the tradition was still alive; an active tradition

Antonyms: nonexistent

Definition: not having existence or being or actuality


Main entry: alive

Definition: (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit

Usage: she was wonderfully alive for her age; a face alive with mischief

Antonyms: dull

Definition: lacking in liveliness or animation


Main entry: awake, alert, alive

Definition: mentally perceptive and responsive

Usage: an alert mind; alert to the problems; alive to what is going on; awake to the dangers of her situation; was now awake to the reality of his predicament

Antonyms: incognizant, unaware

Definition: (often followed by `of') not aware


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