Dead
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
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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 -
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.
Source: Deader Than Dead -
The Screamsheet's Fights Section has the entire planet come back from the dead after its been destroyed in a previous battle.
Source: Back from the Dead
Cite this Source
Previous and Dead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/previous
Dead & Previous. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/previous>.
Previous or Dead. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/previous.
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