Dead and Previous

Dead

Dead adjective - No longer living.

Previous and dead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Previous" instead an adjective "Dead".

Nearby Word: deadly

Previous

Previous adjective - Going before another in time or order.

Dead and previous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Previous".

Nearby Word: previously

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Ten Society Is to Blame: "Garden", where the narrator walks through a graveyard and blames the dead and previous generations for having instituted absurd expectations on the living.
    Source: Music / Ten
  • Deader Than Dead Cole's only subsequent appearance was when he took on the form of a spiritual ghost who was dead rather than Back from the Dead as with his previous returns.
  • Back from the Dead The Screamsheet's Fights Section has the entire planet come back from the dead after its been destroyed in a previous battle.
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Previous or Dead. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/previous.
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