Synonyms of deceased
40 similar words
Another word for deceased is dead. Other synonyms of deceased are lifeless, low, clay-cold, good and killed.
Synonyms and similar words for deceased
adjectiveNo longer alive; dead.
- asleep
- at peace
- at rest
- deadNo longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.).
- departed
- lateRecently deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be...
- gone
- blessed euphemisticElect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
- cadaverousCorpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
- clay-coldAs cold as clay; lifeless.
- breathless literary
- resting
- cold
- decomposed
- defunctDeceased, dead.
- expired
- extinctOf a geological feature: no longer active; specifically, of a volcano: no longer erupting.
- good
- inanimate
- inert
- kaputOut of order; not working.
- killed
- lifelessDead; having lost life.
- living impairedDead.
- lowDead. (Compare lay low.).
- no longer with usDead; deceased.
- no more
- perished
- reposing
- six feet deepSynonym of six feet under.
- six feet underBuried underground; not alive; dead.
- stiffDead, deceased.
- unalive
- unalived
- wasted
- with GodDead; deceased.
- fey obsoleteDying; dead.
- whilom obsoleteOf a person: deceased, late.
Meaning of deceased
- adjective No longer alive; dead.
- adjective Belonging to the dead.
- adjective One who has died.
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