deceased
No longer alive; dead.
Adjective 4 meanings
No longer alive; dead.
Belonging to the dead.
“The executor's commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.”
One who has died.
Overwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead.
“You look so good, I'm deceased!”
Noun 2 meanings
Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).
“The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.”
One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
Etymology
From decease + -ed, from Middle English deceas via Old French [Term?], from Latin dēcessus (“departure”), equivalent to dēced-, variation of dēcēdō, dēcēdere (“to go away”).
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DECEASED at a glance
DECEASED has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + C 3 + E 1 + A 1 + S 1 + E 1 + D 2) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,437 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with deceased
All rhymes- USED5
- BASED8
- RELEASED9
- PASSED9
- INCREASED12
- SUPPOSED13
- CLOSED9
- CAUSED9
- RAISED7
- MISSED9
- PROPOSED13
- SURPRISED12
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