dead

1. adjective

1)

my parents are dead

Syn:

passed on/away, expired, departed, gone, no more; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, slain, slaughtered, killed, murdered; lifeless, extinct; informal (as) dead as a doornail, six feet under, pushing up daisies; formal deceased; euphemistic with God, asleep

Ant:

alive, living

2)

patches of dead ground

Syn:

barren, lifeless, bare, desolate, sterile

Ant:

fertile, lush

3)

a dead language

Syn:

obsolete, extinct, defunct, disused, abandoned, discarded, superseded, vanished, forgotten; archaic, antiquated, ancient; literary of yore

Ant:

modern, current

4)

the phone was dead

Syn:

not working, out of order, inoperative, inactive, in disrepair, broken, malfunctioning, defective; informal kaput, conked out, on the blink, on the fritz, bust, busted

Ant:

in working order

5)

a dead leg

Syn:

numb, numbed, deadened, desensitized, unfeeling; paralyzed, crippled, incapacitated, immobilized, frozen

6)

she has dead eyes

Syn:

emotionless, unemotional, unfeeling, impassive, unresponsive, indifferent, dispassionate, inexpressive, wooden, stony, cold; deadpan, flat; blank, vacant

Ant:

passionate

7)

his affection for her was dead

Syn:

extinguished, quashed, stifled; finished, over, gone, no more; a thing of the past, ancient history

8)

a dead town

Syn:

uneventful, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, dull, boring, flat, quiet, sleepy, slow, lackluster, lifeless; informal one-horse, dullsville

Ant:

lively

9)

dead silence

Syn:

complete, absolute, total, utter, out-and-out, thorough, unmitigated

Ant:

partial

10)

a dead shot

Syn:

unerring, unfailing, impeccable, sure, true, accurate, precise; deadly, lethal, bang on

Ant:

poor

2. adverb

1)

he was dead serious

Syn:

completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, deadly, perfectly, entirely, quite, thoroughly; definitely, certainly, positively, categorically, unquestionably, undoubtedly, surely; in every way, one hundred percent

2)

flares were seen dead ahead

Syn:

directly, exactly, precisely, immediately, right, straight, due, squarely; informal smack dab

3) informal

it's dead easy

See very