DECEASED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deceased mean? 

• DECEASED (noun)
  The noun DECEASED has 1 sense:

1. someone who is no longer alive

  Familiarity information: DECEASED used as a noun is very rare.

• DECEASED (adjective)
  The adjective DECEASED has 1 sense:

1. dead

  Familiarity information: DECEASED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECEASED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is no longer alive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dead person; dead soul; deceased; deceased person; decedent; departed

Context example:

I wonder what the dead person would have done

Hypernyms ("deceased" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deceased"):

infernal (an inhabitant of Hell)

living dead; zombi; zombie (a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force)

Instance hyponyms:

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)

Holonyms ("deceased" is a member of...):

dead (people who are no longer living)

• DECEASED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dead

Synonyms:

asleep; at peace; at rest; deceased; departed; gone

Context example:

our dear departed friend

Similar:

dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)

Domain usage:

euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)

 Context examples 

An indication that a subject was found in a deceased state.

(Found Dead, NCI Thesaurus)

It was suggested, but never proved, that the deceased gentleman may have had valuables in the house, and that their abstraction was the motive of the crime.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The researchers looked at brains of deceased people with Alzheimer's disease and found evidence of Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), a type of bacteria that's associated with gum disease.

(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They studied 453 retinas, the eye tissue affected by AMD, from deceased human donors with and without AMD.

(New study about genes linked to age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)

Ushabti figurines (small carved figurines) were often placed with the deceased in ancient Egyptian tombs to help with responsibilities in the afterlife.

(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

But no energetic source or remnant of a deceased O-type star, such as a neutron star, is apparent within the center of this ring.

(Herschel sees budding stars and a giant, strange ring, NASA)

Transplanted human pancreatic cells from deceased donors have been successfully used to treat people with type 1 diabetes.

(Developing Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes, NIH)

“I have seen the will of the deceased wife,” said he.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Of the 202 total deceased former players studied for the report, which included high school, college and professional players, 177 were diagnosed with CTE.

(Study: Brain Disease Found in Nearly All Deceased US Football Players, VOA News)

Our readers will remember that the deceased gentleman was found stabbed in his room, and that some suspicion attached to his valet, but that the case broke down on an alibi.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)