deceased

de-ceased · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    No longer living; dead.

  2. 2.

    A dead person, especially one who has recently died.

Related words

Antonyms: alive, living
See also: dead, departed, late
Synonyms: dead, departed, late, passed away

Etymology

From Latin decessus, past participle of decedere "to depart, die," from de- "away" + cedere "to go." The word entered English via Old French.