Definition of dead

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • dead is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
  • dead is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
  • dead is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of dead


  • devoid of physical sensation; numb (adjective)

    Examples

    1. his gums were dead from the novocain
    2. she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth

    Synonyms

    1. deadened
  • (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive (adjective)

    Examples

    1. passersby were dead to our plea for help

    Synonyms

    1. numb
  • very tired (adjective)

    Examples

    1. I'm dead after that long trip

    Synonyms

    1. all in
    2. beat
    3. bushed
  • drained of electric charge; discharged (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a dead battery

    Synonyms

    1. drained
  • not circulating or flowing (adjective)

    Examples

    1. dead air
    2. dead water

    Synonyms

    1. stagnant
  • quickly and without warning (adverb)

    Synonyms

    1. abruptly
    2. short
    3. suddenly
  • completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers (adverb)

    Examples

    1. you can be dead sure of my innocence
    2. was dead tired
    3. dead right

    Synonyms

    1. absolutely
    2. perfectly
    3. utterly
  • not yielding a return (adjective)

    Examples

    1. dead capital

    Synonyms

    1. idle
  • a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense (noun)

    Examples

    1. the dead of winter
  • devoid of activity (adjective)

    Examples

    1. this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here
  • lacking acoustic resonance (adjective)

    Examples

    1. dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs
    2. the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio
  • lacking resilience or bounce (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a dead tennis ball
  • no longer having force or relevance (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a dead issue
  • no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the nerve is dead
    2. a dead pallor
    3. he was marked as a dead man by the assassin
  • not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat (adjective)

    Examples

    1. Mars is a dead planet
    2. dead soil
    3. dead coals
    4. the fire is dead
  • not surviving in active use (adjective)

    Examples

    1. Latin is a dead language
  • out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a dead telephone line
    2. the motor is dead
  • people who are no longer living (noun)

    Examples

    1. they buried the dead
  • physically inactive (adjective)

    Examples

    1. Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range
  • the complete stoppage of an action (adjective)

    Examples

    1. came to a dead stop
  • unerringly accurate (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a dead shot
    2. took dead aim

See definition of dead in Merriam Webster