EN

Synonyms for deceased

  • adjective

Most common

departed

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Departed — no longer alive; dead

dead, departed, late, gone, asleep, lifeless, extinct, inanimate, expired, cold, no more, stiff informal, breathless formal, pushing up daisies, spiritless, defunct dated

Antonyms

alive, living, live

All antonyms of deceased →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    No longer alive; dead.

Example sentences

  • departed Yanni departed into the vast unknown of the desert.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
deceasedfalling
departedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
late1, dead1, gone1, cold1
5 letters
stiff1
6 letters
asleep2
7 letters
expired2, extinct2, defunct2
8 letters
departed3, lifeless2
9 letters
inanimate4
10 letters
breathless2, spiritless

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (asleep2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
décédé