dead

Adjective
  1. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life (synset 300096133)
    "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
    tells us about:
    similar to:
  2. Not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life;
    No longer exerting force or having energy or heat (synset 300100594)
    "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"
    also: extinct - (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
    similar to:
    • extinct, out - being out or having grown cold
    • lifeless - not having the capacity to support life
    • out of play - (of a ball) not available to be played during a game
  3. Very tired (synset 302440966)
    "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"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    similar to: tired - depleted of strength or energy
    same as: all in, beat, bushed
  4. Unerringly accurate (synset 301843885)
    "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"
    similar to: precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited
  5. Physically inactive (synset 300041424)
    "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
    similar to: extinct - (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
  6. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity;
    Unresponsive (synset 302114666)
    "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
    similar to: insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
    same as: numb
  7. Devoid of physical sensation;
    Numb (synset 302112883)
    "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"
    similar to: insensitive - not responsive to physical stimuli
    same as: deadened
  8. Lacking acoustic resonance (synset 302018541)
    "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
    similar to: nonresonant, unreverberant - not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate
  9. Not yielding a return (synset 301878233)
    "dead capital"; "idle funds"
    similar to: unprofitable - producing little or no profit or gain
    same as: idle
  10. Not circulating or flowing (synset 301244121)
    "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"
    similar to: standing - (of fluids) not moving or flowing
    same as: stagnant
  11. Not surviving in active use (synset 300932684)
    "Latin is a dead language"
    similar to: extinct, nonextant - no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
  12. Lacking resilience or bounce (synset 300849276)
    "a dead tennis ball"
    similar to: inelastic - not elastic
  13. Out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown (synset 300837417)
    "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"
    similar to: inoperative - not working or taking effect
  14. No longer having force or relevance (synset 300672155)
    "a dead issue"
    similar to: noncurrent - not current or belonging to the present time
  15. The complete stoppage of an action (synset 300524413)
    "came to a dead stop"
    similar to: complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step
  16. Drained of electric charge;
    Discharged (synset 300360340)
    "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
    similar to: uncharged - of a particle or body or system; having no charge
    same as: drained
  17. Devoid of activity (synset 300036992)
    "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"
    similar to: inactive - lacking activity; lying idle or unused
Noun
  1. People who are no longer living (synset 107962243)
    "they buried the dead"
    is a type of: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
    subtypes: slain - people who have been slain (as in battle)
    member holonym: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed - someone who is no longer alive
  2. A time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense (synset 115148279)
    "the dead of winter"
    is a type of: time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
Adverb
  1. Quickly and without warning (synset 400062066)
    "he stopped suddenly"
    same as: abruptly, short, suddenly
  2. Completely and without qualification;
    Used informally as intensifiers (synset 400009459)
    "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"
    same as: absolutely, perfectly, utterly

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