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

Example sentences :

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

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