deceased

Meaning

Adj

1. No longer alive; dead.
2. Belonging to the dead.
3. One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, "the deceased" refers to the victim of a homicide.
4. Overwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead.

Noun

1. Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).
2. One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

Concepts

deceased

dead

late

dead person

departed

defunct

missing

corpse

expired

decedent

cadaver

asleep

gone

lifeless

deceased person

deadman

old friend

casualty

at peace

at rest

dead soul

the late

remains

body

carcass

zombie process

dead and gone

passed away

breathless

wailing

deaths

persons killed

dying

deprived of life

devoid of life

no longer living

demised

no longer functioning

remaining in narration

departed from this world

ex-pired

quite dead

defunt

dec.

parted

poor

apathetic

benumbed

former

death

amort

dull

exanimate

extinct

the deceased

died

out of business

no longer with us

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈsiːst/

Etymology

From decease + -ed, from Middle English deceas via Old French [Term?], from Latin dēcessus (“departure”), equivalent to dēced-, variation of dēcēdō, dēcēdere (“to go away”).

Sentences

There was also a video released , but the frontman Keven Conner was deceased .