Undead

Corpse-based franchise name

Undead describes beings that have died but continue to exist in some animated form—zombies, vampires, ghosts, skeletons.

The term is most common in fantasy and horror fiction, where the undead are typically reanimated through magic or curse: The necromancer raised an army of undead.

As a noun, undead refers collectively to such creatures: The undead roamed the cemetery.

horror

zombie

Reanimated dead body

  • vampireBlood-drinking undead creature
  • ghostApparition of the dead
  • skeletonInternal supportive framework

ghoul · revenant · wraith · specter · lich · mummy · wight · banshee · poltergeist · apparition

gaming

necromancer

Summoner of the deceased

respawn · health bar · boss · dungeon · raid · mob · aggro · loot · quest · World of Warcraft

folklore

vampire

Blood-drinking undead creature

hungry ghost · ancestral spirit · burial rite · grave · curse · possession · haunting · superstition · folklore · legend

fiction

Frankenstein

Gothic novel's mad scientist

zombie movie · horror novel · Anne Rice · Bram Stoker · George Romero · gothic · supernatural · thriller · monster · creature

metaphor

soulless

Lacking spirit or feeling

drone · going through motions · exhausted · burnout · mechanical · robotic · empty · numb · detached · spiritless

Opposites
life status

Undeadliving

Currently having breath

alive · mortal · quick · vital · animate

supernatural status

Undeadnatural

Not artificially produced

mortal · human · mundane · earthly · corporeal

state of rest

Undeadat peace

In a calm state

laid to rest · crossed over · passed on · released · redeemed

Family

dead, death, died, dies, deadly, deathly, deaden, deadened, deadening

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG