Antonyms for dead

Antonyms for (noun) dead

Main entry: dead

Definition: people who are no longer living

Usage: they buried the dead

Antonyms: living

Definition: people who are still living


Antonyms for (adj) dead

Main entry: dead

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

Usage: the nerve is dead; a dead pallor; he was marked as a dead man by the assassin

Antonyms: alive, live

Definition: possessing life


Antonyms: hot

Definition: used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning


Antonyms: hot

Definition: extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm


Antonyms: awake

Definition: not in a state of sleep; completely conscious


Antonyms: bloody

Definition: having or covered with or accompanied by blood


Antonyms: breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic

Definition: passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination


Antonyms: animate

Definition: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life


Antonyms: animate

Definition: belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings


Antonyms: middle

Definition: between an earlier and a later period of time


Antonyms: early

Definition: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time


Antonyms: early

Definition: being or occurring at an early stage of development


Antonyms: middle

Definition: of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages


Antonyms: early

Definition: of an early stage in the development of a language or literature


Antonyms: too soon, ahead of time, early

Definition: before the usual time or the time expected


Main entry: dead

Definition: not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

Usage: Mars is a dead planet; dead soil; dead coals; the fire is dead

Antonyms: live

Definition: exerting force or containing energy


Antonyms: safe

Definition: having reached a base without being put out


Antonyms: active

Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting


Antonyms: extant

Definition: still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost


Main entry: stagnant, dead

Definition: not circulating or flowing

Usage: dead air; dead water; stagnant water

Antonyms: sitting, seated

Definition: (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks


Antonyms: running

Definition: executed or initiated by running


Antonyms: running

Definition: (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream


Main entry: dead, utter

Definition: complete

Usage: came to a dead stop; utter seriousness

Antonyms: uncomplete, incomplete

Definition: not complete or total; not completed


Main entry: dead

Definition: devoid of activity

Usage: this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here

Antonyms: active

Definition: characterized by energetic activity


Antonyms: active

Definition: engaged in full-time work


Antonyms: active

Definition: full of activity or engaged in continuous activity


Antonyms: active

Definition: tending to become more severe or wider in scope


Antonyms: active

Definition: exerting influence or producing a change or effect


Main entry: dead

Definition: physically inactive

Usage: Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range

Antonyms: active

Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting


Antonyms: extant

Definition: still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost


Main entry: dead

Definition: not surviving in active use

Usage: Latin is a dead language

Antonyms: active

Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting


Antonyms: extant

Definition: still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost


Main entry: drained, dead

Definition: drained of electric charge; discharged

Usage: a dead battery; left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained

Antonyms: charged

Definition: of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge


Main entry: dead

Definition: unerringly accurate

Usage: a dead shot; took dead aim

Antonyms: imprecise

Definition: not precise


Main entry: dead

Definition: no longer having force or relevance

Usage: a dead issue

Antonyms: current

Definition: occurring in or belonging to the present time


Main entry: dead

Definition: out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

Usage: a dead telephone line; the motor is dead

Antonyms: operative

Definition: being in force or having or exerting force


Main entry: dead

Definition: lacking resilience or bounce

Usage: a dead tennis ball

Antonyms: elastic

Definition: capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy


Main entry: bushed, all in, beat, dead

Definition: very tired

Usage: 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

Antonyms: rested

Definition: not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing


Main entry: dead, idle

Definition: not yielding a return

Usage: dead capital; idle funds

Antonyms: profitable

Definition: yielding material gain or profit


Main entry: dead

Definition: lacking acoustic resonance

Usage: dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs; the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio

Antonyms: reverberant

Definition: having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected


Main entry: deadened, dead

Definition: devoid of physical sensation; numb

Usage: 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

Antonyms: sensitive

Definition: responsive to physical stimuli


Antonyms: sensitive

Definition: being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others


Main entry: numb, dead

Definition: (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

Usage: passersby were dead to our plea for help; numb to the cries for mercy

Antonyms: sensitive

Definition: responsive to physical stimuli


Antonyms: sensitive

Definition: being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others


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