dead
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
people who are no longer living
they buried the dead
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- dead person member meronym
Related & opposite
- living antonym
Sense 2 adjective
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
the nerve is dead
Related & opposite
- alivep antonym
- animation attribute
- animation attribute
- deadness derivation
- deceased similar to
- assassinated similar to
- bloodless similar to
- brain dead similar to
- pulseless similar to
- cold similar to
- d.o.a. similar to
- deathlike similar to
- defunct similar to
- doomed similar to
- executed similar to
- fallen similar to
- latea similar to
- lifeless similar to
- murdered similar to
- nonviable similar to
- slain similar to
- stillborn similar to
- stone-dead similar to
Sense 3 adverb
quickly and without warning
he stopped suddenly
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
the dead of winter
Types & categories
- time hypernym
Sense 5 adjective
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
Mars is a dead planet
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adverb
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
an absolutely magnificent painting
Related & opposite
- out-and-outa derived from
- perfecta derived from
Sense 7 adjective
unerringly accurate
a dead shot
Related & opposite
- precise similar to
Sense 8 adjective
physically inactive
Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range
Related & opposite
Sense 9 adjective
devoid of physical sensation; numb
his gums were dead from the novocain
Related & opposite
- deadness derivation
- insensitive similar to
Sense 10 adjective
lacking acoustic resonance
dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs
Related & opposite
- unreverberant similar to
Sense 11 adjective
not yielding a return
dead capital
Related & opposite
- unprofitable similar to
Sense 12 adjective
not surviving in active use
Latin is a dead language
Related & opposite
Sense 13 adjective
lacking resilience or bounce
a dead tennis ball
Related & opposite
Sense 14 adjective
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
a dead telephone line
Related & opposite
- deadness derivation
- inoperative similar to
Sense 15 adjective
no longer having force or relevance
a dead issue
Related & opposite
- noncurrent similar to
Sense 16 adjective
drained of electric charge; discharged
a dead battery
Related & opposite
Sense 17 adjective
devoid of activity
this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here
Related & opposite
- inactive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | living |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | dead person |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slain |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | alivep |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | animation |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | animation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | deceased |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | assassinated |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bloodless |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | brain dead |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pulseless |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cold |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | d.o.a. |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | deathlike |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | defunct |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | doomed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | executed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | fallen |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | latea |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | lifeless |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | murdered |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonviable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | slain |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | stillborn |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | stone-dead |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | sudden |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | abrupt |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | time |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | extinct |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | live |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | outp |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | lifeless |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | out of playp |
| 6 | derived from | Related & opposite | out-and-outa |
| 6 | derived from | Related & opposite | perfecta |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | precise |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | extinct |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadness |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | insensitive |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | unreverberant |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | unprofitable |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadness |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | extinct |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadness |
| 13 | similar to | Related & opposite | inelastic |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadness |
| 14 | similar to | Related & opposite | inoperative |
| 15 | similar to | Related & opposite | noncurrent |
| 16 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadness |
| 16 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncharged |
| 17 | similar to | Related & opposite | inactive |