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.

Synonyms

dead

💀

late

dead person

departed

defunct

missing

corpse

decedent

expired

asleep

cadaver

lifeless

gone

deceased person

dead soul

at rest

zombie process

carcass

old friend

the late

body

remains

at peace

deadman

casualty

ex-pired

quite dead

remaining in narration

defunt

out of business

dec.

the deceased

no longer with us

amort

apathetic

benumbed

breathless

dead and gone

deaths

demised

died

dull

dying

exanimate

extinct

former

parted

passed away

poor

wailing

persons killed

death

💀

deprived of life

devoid of life

no longer functioning

no longer living

departed from this world

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 .