deceased C2+ Topic:People & Society US /dɪˈsist/ UK /dɪˈsiːst/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj no longer living; a dead person The estate was divided among the deceased man's heirs. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · no longer living; a dead... deaddepartedlatedefunctlifelessexpiredgone ↔ Opposites livingalivesurviving Word family Related forms deceasepredecease Etymology AI details Past participle of decease, from Old French deces, from Latin dēcessus ('departure, death'), from dēcēdere ('to depart, die'), from de- plus cēdere ('to go'). dēcēdere Latin cēdere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # deceased **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /dɪˈsist/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈsiːst/ ## Meanings 1. no longer living; a dead person ## Examples - The estate was divided among the deceased man's heirs. ## Synonyms - dead - departed - late - defunct - lifeless - expired - gone ## Antonyms - living - alive - surviving ## Related Forms - decease - predecease ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dēcēdere - Root: cēdere ## Etymology Past participle of decease, from Old French deces, from Latin dēcessus ('departure, death'), from dēcēdere ('to depart, die'), from de- plus cēdere ('to go'). ## AI Etymology Deceased is the past participle of decease, from Old French deces, from Latin dēcessus ('departure, death'), from dēcēdere ('to depart, die'), from de- plus cēdere ('to go'). Important recorded forms include dēcēdere (Latin) and cēdere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers no longer living; a dead person. The wider family includes related words such as decease and predecease. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown