Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

ALIVE

dead

The most appropriate antonym of the word alive is dead.

• Alive means living or possessing life.
• Dead means not living or possessing life.

The other words do not have the opposite meaning of alive.

• Active means engaged in activity or motion.
• Living means existing or occurring in the present.
• Life means the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, characterized by growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.