Need another word that means the same as “lifeless”? Find 33 synonyms and 30 related words for “lifeless” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Lifeless” are: exanimate, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, late, extinct, gone, no more, passed away, passed on, stiff, cold, dead as a doornail, lacklustre, spiritless, lacking vitality, apathetic, torpid, lethargic, lank, lustreless, barren, sterile, bare, desolate, stark, arid, infertile, uncultivated, empty, uninhabited, unoccupied
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “lifeless” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| apathetic | Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern. An apathetic audience. |
| arid | Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless-C.J.Rolo. An arid climate. |
| bare | Just barely adequate or within a lower limit. Bare wood. |
| barren | (of a tree or plant) not producing fruit or seed. He scored yesterday to end his barren spell. |
| cold | Extended meanings especially of psychological coldness without human warmth or emotion. A cold unfriendly nod. |
| dead | (of a cricket pitch or other surface) lacking springiness or bounce. The note sounds dead compared to all others on the keyboard. |
| dead as a doornail | Not surviving in active use. |
| deceased | Recently dead. The will of Christopher Smith deceased. |
| defunct | Having ceased to exist or live. A defunct organization. |
| departed | Dead. A dear departed relative. |
| desolate | (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness. I suddenly felt desolate and bereft. |
| empty | Needing nourishment. Empty hours. |
| exanimate | Showing no sign of life; lifeless. His exanimate body. |
| extinct | (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence. The red wolf became extinct in the wild in 1980. |
| gone | Having reached a specified time in a pregnancy. Gone with the wind. |
| infertile | (of land) unable to sustain crops or vegetation. Barren and infertile soils. |
| lacking vitality | Inadequate in amount or degree. |
| lacklustre | Lacking luster or shine. No excuses were made for the team s lacklustre performance. |
| lank | Of a person lanky. The man had lank brown greasy hair. |
| late | At or toward an end or late period or stage of development. They won the game with a late goal. |
| lethargic | Affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic. Bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights. |
| lustreless | Lacking brilliance or vitality. Her uncombed lustreless black hair. |
| no more | Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of. |
| passed away | Of advancing the ball by throwing it. |
| passed on | Of advancing the ball by throwing it. |
| spiritless | Lacking courage, vigour, or vivacity. A spiritless reply to criticism. |
| stark | Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment. A stark contrast. |
| sterile | Lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement; uninspiring or unproductive. A sterile needle and syringes. |
| stiff | (of an alcoholic drink) strong. A stiff breeze stirring the lake. |
| torpid | In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation. We sat around in a torpid state. |
| uncultivated | Lacking art or knowledge. These meadowlands have lain uncultivated for centuries. |
| uninhabited | (of a place) without inhabitants. Gaping doors of uninhabited houses. |
| unoccupied | (of a person) not busy or active. Unoccupied areas of France. |
| abortive | Causing or resulting in abortion. Abortive medusae. |
| ascension | A movement upward. His ascension to the presidency. |
| autopsy | Perform an autopsy on a body or organ. A Home Office pathologist carried out the autopsy. |
| carcass | The remains of something. My obsession will last while there s life in this old carcass. |
| dead | Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers. The pitch was so utterly dead that Pollock could hardly get the ball bail high. |
| decease | A person’s death. He held the post until his untimely decease in 1991. |
| deceased | Someone who is no longer alive. He is deceased. |
| defunct | No longer in force or use; inactive. A defunct law. |
| die | Die one after another until few or none are left. Their anger died. |
| doom | Decree or designate beforehand. Fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed. |
| dormant | (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep. A dormant volcano. |
| drab | Clothes especially trousers made of drab. Her drab personality. |
| extinct | (of a volcano) not having erupted in recorded history. An extinct language. |
| finis | The end (printed at the end of a book or shown at the end of a film). The market was up at the finish. |
| inactive | Not erupting and not extinct. The device remains inactive while the computer is started up. |
| inanimate | Showing no sign of life; lifeless. The word car is inanimate. |
| inelastic | (of demand or supply) insensitive to changes in price or income. Economists speak of an inelastic price structure. |
| inoperative | Not working or taking effect. An inoperative law. |
| necrology | A list of people who died recently. |
| obituary | A notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person. His obituary of Samuel Beckett. |
| perish | Die, especially in a violent or sudden way. Must these noble hopes perish so soon. |
| resurrect | Return from the dead. He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina. |
| soul | A person’s moral or emotional nature or sense of identity. It was bad news for some poor soul. |
| stillborn | (of an infant) born dead. A stillborn baby. |
| suffocation | The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped. The occupants died of suffocation inside the airtight compartment. |
| taxidermist | A person who practises taxidermy. |
| taxidermy | The art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals with lifelike effect. |
| tombstone | A stone that is used to mark a grave. Thrill seeking lads tombstoned off the rocks. |
| torpid | Slow and apathetic. We sat around in a torpid state. |
| unanimated | (of an image) not moving; still. The backgrounds are simple unanimated and monochrome. |
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