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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dead |
| Synonyms: | bought the farm, buried, deceased, expired, gone, in the grave, laid to rest, late, passed away, pushing up daisies, six feet under, stiff |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | no longer alive |
| Synonyms: | asleep, bereft of life, bloodless, bought the farm, breathless, buried, cadaverous, checked out, cold, cut off, deceased, defunct, departed, done for, erased, expired, extinct, gone, gone to meet maker, gone to reward, inanimate, inert, late, lifeless, liquidated, mortified, no more, not existing, offed, out of one's misery, passed away, perished, pushing up daisies, reposing, resting in peace, spiritless, stiff, unanimated, wasted |
| Antonyms: | alive, animated, being, existent, existing, live, living, subsisting |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | barren, bygone, defunct, departed, exhausted, extinct, gone, inactive, inoperable, inoperative, lost, obsolete, spent, stagnant, sterile, still, tired, unemployed, unprofitable, useless, vanished, wearied, worn, worn out |
| Antonyms: | active, alive, animate, animated, live, operative, working |
| Main Entry: | deceased |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dead |
| Synonyms: | asleep, bit the dust, cold*, defunct, departed, exanimate, expired, extinct, finished, former, gave up the ghost, gone, inanimate, kicked the bucket, late, lifeless, lost, passed on, pushing up daisies |
| Antonyms: | alive, born, lively, living |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defunct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extinct, not functioning |
| Synonyms: | asleep, bygone, cold, dead, deceased, departed, done for, down the drain, exanimate, expired, gone, had it, inanimate, inoperative, invalid, kaput, late, lifeless, lost, nonexistent, obsolete, out of commission, vanished |
| Antonyms: | alive, existent, existing, functioning, live, operating, operative, valid, working |
| Main Entry: | extinct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dead, obsolete |
| Synonyms: | abolished, archaic, asleep, bygone, cold*, dead and gone, deceased, defunct, departed, disappeared, done for, doused, ended, exanimate, exterminated, extinguished, fallen, gone, inactive, late, lifeless, lost, no longer known, out, outmoded, passed on, passé, snuffed out, superseded, terminated, unknown, vanished, vanquished, void |
| Antonyms: | alive, existing, extant, living |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | former |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | previous in time or order |
| Synonyms: | above, aforementioned, aforesaid, ancient, antecedent, anterior, bygone, departed, earlier, erstwhile, ex-, first, foregoing, late, long ago, long gone, of yore, old, once, one-time, past, preceding, prior, quondam, sometime, whilom |
| Notes: | latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned; former means referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned |
| Antonyms: | after, current, ensuing, following, future, present, prospective, subsequent, succeeding |
| Main Entry: | gone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not present, no longer in existence |
| Synonyms: | AWOL, absent, astray, away, burned up, consumed, dead, decamped, deceased, defunct, departed, disappeared, disintegrated, displaced, dissipated, dissolved, done, down the drain, dried up, elapsed, ended, extinct, finished, flown, lacking, left, lost, missing, moved, no more, nonextant, not a sign of, not here, out the window, over, passed, past, quit, removed, retired, run-off, shifted, spent, split, taken a powder, taken leave, transferred, traveling, turned to dust, vanished, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | around, current, existing, present, working |
| Main Entry: | late |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dead |
| Synonyms: | asleep, bygone, cold, deceased, defunct, departed, erstwhile, ex-, exanimate, extinct, former, inanimate, lifeless, old, once, onetime, past, preceding, previous, quondam, sometime |
| Antonyms: | live |
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