deceased

/dɪˈsist/

/dɪˈsist/

When someone is deceased, they are dead — not dying or even just about to die. They are dead.

The word deceased has been around since the 15th century, however, when people talk of someone's having died, they rarely use deceased in conversation. For example, if you ask someone how their dog is and their dog is recently deceased, they'll most likely use a less technical phrase such as "no longer with us," or "passed away." The word deceased is more formal, and most often used in the documentation of death or in legal situations, as in "we are here to read the will of the deceased."

Definitions of deceased

1. noun

   someone who is no longer alive
   synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed

   examples:

   Lazarus

   the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death

   types:

   infernal

   an inhabitant of Hell

   living dead, zombi, zombie

   a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being
2. adjective

   dead
   “he is deceased”

   synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, departed, gone

   dead

   no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life