noun
- Someone who is no longer alive.
- usage: "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
- synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed
verb
- Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
- usage: "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
- synonyms: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
adjective
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| Chicago | WordNet. 2010. "deceased" http://smartdefine.org/deceased/definitions/1172037 (accessed September 20, 2026). |
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| MLA | WordNet. "deceased" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/deceased/definitions/1172037> |