Dead and Running

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Dead

Dead adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather
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Running is an antonym for dead.
Nearby Word: deadly

Running

Running adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the car has been running for almost an entire day
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Dead is an antonym for running.
Nearby Words: run, runner
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  • Music / Bad Lip Reading Just taking the developments from The Walking Dead and running with them, really.
    Source: Music / Bad Lip Reading
  • After his initial fight, it was revealed that he had been dead for years and his armor was running without him.
    Source: Dead All Along
  • Back from the Dead A running gag in the Monkey Island series, where villain LeChuck is dead even before the series begins (he is a ghost in the first game).
    Source: Back from the Dead
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Running and Dead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/running
Dead & Running. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/running>.
Running or Dead. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/running.

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