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Antonyms for deadhead
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ded-hed |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛdˌhɛd |
Definition of deadhead
Origin :- by 1974 in sense of "devotee of the rock music band the Grateful Dead;" earlier (with lower-case) "one who rides for free on the railroads" (1866), and "non-paying spectator" (1841).
- As in bore : noun nuisance
- As in delinquent : noun criminal, often young
- Her family had trained her to deadhead her way through life and she did it.
- Extract from : « The Women of Tomorrow » by William Hard
- Each one who could recite or do anything did it, and it was appreciated by a deadhead audience, something unusual nowadays.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer » by George T. Ulmer
- He travels from Ohio to the gulf, but not in a palace car nor on a deadhead ticket.
- Extract from : « The Army Mule and Other War Sketches » by Henry A. Castle
- What we should do, we knew, was to deadhead our horses back into the Park as soon as they had had a little rest.
- Extract from : « Tenting To-night » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It was said that a deadhead could not borrow a sheet of writing paper in the capitol, nor in a county court-house.
- Extract from : « Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama » by Walter L. Fleming
- The farmer's features did not conceal his disgust when he discovered that his seat-mate was a deadhead.
- Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
- You'll be a deadhead yourself if you ain't careful, young feller!
- Extract from : « The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus » by Horatio Alger Jr.
Synonyms for deadhead
- behind
- black sheep
- blackguard
- bother
- bromide
- bummer
- creep
- culprit
- dawdler
- deadbeat
- deadhead
- debtor
- defaulter
- derelict
- desperado
- downer
- drag
- drip
- dull person
- evader
- fallen angel
- felon
- flat tire
- headache
- hoodlum
- jailbird
- JD
- juvenile delinquent
- juvie
- lawbreaker
- loafer
- lounger
- malefactor
- miscreant
- nag
- neglecter
- no show
- nudge
- offender
- outlaw
- pain
- pain in the neck
- pest
- pill
- punk
- recreant
- reprobate
- sinner
- soporific
- stuffed shirt
- tedious person
- tiresome person
- wet blanket
- wimp
- wrongdoer
- yawn
- young offender
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