Meanings
- pluralplural onlyusuallyfictionThe undead; zombies, vampires, etc.
- not comparableExisting in stasis, without meaningful activity or development.
This “living dead” industry has been written off time and time again, yet it continues to clamber back to its feet and lumber blindly onward.
2012, Gar Smith, Nuclear Roulette1 more example
Venture's investment in Black Hawk could turn out to be a complete failure (black hole), barely surviving (living dead), or wildly successful (venture utopia).
2014, J. Chris Leach, Ronald W. Melicher, Entrepreneurial Finance, page 423
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 活死人
- 活死人 (huósǐrén)undead
Dutch ondode, levende dode
- ondodeundead
- levende dodeundead
- zombieundead
French morts-vivants, zombis
- morts-vivantsundead
- zombisundead
German lebende Tote
- lebende Toteundead
Polish żywe trupy
- żywe trupyundead
Portuguese morto-vivo
- morto-vivoundead
Spanish muertos vivientes, zombis
- muertos vivientesundead
- zombisundead
Swedish levande död, vandöd
- levande dödundead
- vandödundead
- odödundead
Cite this entry
living dead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/living%20dead
“living dead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/living%20dead. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “living dead,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/living%20dead.
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