1. Dead
   "he is deceased";
   - asleep, at peace, at rest, departed, gone

1. Someone who is no longer alive
   "I wonder what the deceased person would have done";
   - dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent [US], departed

1. Cease to live
   "The old man deceased peacefully in his sleep";
   - die, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], conk [informal], give up the ghost [informal], drop dead [informal], pop off [informal], croak [informal], snuff it [informal], cash in [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], flatline [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], pass on

Derived forms: deceaseds

See also: dead

Type of: change state, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, turn

Part of: dead

Encyclopedia: Deceased