Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decapitate

1 sense of decapitate

Sense 1
decapitate, behead, decollate -- (cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution")
       => kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")

Antonyms of adj decapitated

1 sense of decapitated

Sense 1
beheaded, decapitated -- (having had the head cut off; "the beheaded prisoners")

INDIRECT (VIA headless) -> headed -- (having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination; "headed bolts"; "three-headed Cerberus"; "a cool-headed fighter pilot")

Similarity of adj decapitated

1 sense of decapitated

Sense 1
beheaded, decapitated -- (having had the head cut off; "the beheaded prisoners")
       => headless (vs. headed) -- (not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails")

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