Synonyms for Deceased
dɪˈsistde·ceased

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1. deceasednoun

   No longer alive

   Synonyms:
   deceased person, at rest, late, at peace, dead, departed, gone, asleep, dead person, dead soul, decedent

2. deceasednoun

   Synonyms:
   dead souls, departed, deceased people, dead people, decedents

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deceased

   Synonyms:
   dead, defunct, dispirited, dull, inanimate, lifeless, spiritless

   Antonyms:
   active, alert, alive, animate, animated, breathing, brisk, existent, existing, live, lively, living, quick, subsisting, vivacious

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departedadjective

   someone who is no longer alive

   "I wonder what the dead person would have done"

   Synonyms:
   deceased person, dead soul, deceased, decedent, departed, dead person

   Antonyms:
   alive(p), live

2. asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, goneadjective

   dead

   "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"

   Antonyms:
   live, alive(p)

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1. dead

   Submitted by acronimous on April 29, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deceasedadjective

   Synonyms:
   dead, defunct

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "deceased":

   died, dead, late, decedent, defunct, departed, -deceased

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1. Fayetteville Police Department:

   The preliminary investigation has revealed an adult male ran into traffic and jumped on a moving vehicle, the driver of the vehicle shot the male subject and notified 911. The male subject was pronounced deceased on scene.

2. Ulf Buermeyer:

   While the parents of the deceased had to spend years litigating to read their daughter's messages, the National Security Agency and the Federal Intelligence Service would only need a few mouse clicks.

3. Patrizia Piacentini:

   We like to imagine that the people buried in the tomb of Aswan loved this rare seed so much so that their relatives placed a bowl next to the deceased that contained them, so that they could feed on them for eternity.

4. Ken Paxton:

   There was one shot by one person and that's all it took, jack was the one who shot the deceased.

5. Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana:

   This means that the number of the deceased has now risen to seven -- all of them South Africans, and in their 20s, we have not made any arrests at this stage. However, we have opened seven cases of murder for investigation.