English Explanatory Dictionary

deceased

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. No longer alive; dead.
  2. Belonging to the dead.
  3. One who has died.
  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.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈsiːst/ dē-sēst' dĭ-sēst' /diˈsist/ /dɪˈsist/ /diˈsizd/ /dɪˈsizd/ /dɪˈzizd/ en-us-deceased.ogg

Word forms

deceased deceaseds

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”).

Synonyms

asleep at peace at rest dead departed late gone blessed cadaverous clay-cold deceased resting decomposed defunct expired extinct fey good inanimate inert kaput killed lifeless living impaired low no longer with us no more perished reposing six feet deep six feet under stiff unalive unalived wasted whilom with God decedent decedents

Derived words

undeceased
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