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deceasedadjective no longer livingthe recently deceased tenant was found by a concerned neighbor asleep, breathless, cold, dead, defunct, demised, departed, fallen, gone, late, lifeless, low extinctdying, fading, moribundstillbornfinished, lapsed, terminatedinanimate, insensate, nonliving bitten the dust alive, animate, breathing, going, live, living, quick animateddynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vital, vivaciousactive, functioning, operative, running to stop livingno one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased checked out, conked (out), croaked(slang), demised, departed, died, dropped, ended, exited, expired, fell, flatlined, kicked in(slang), kicked off(slang), parted, passed away, passed (on), pegged out(chiefly British), perished, popped off, stepped out, succumbed, went predeceasedconsumed, disappeared, dried up, faded, failed bit the dust, bought it(or bought the farm), gave up the ghost, kicked the bucket, snuffed it(British) breathed, lived came to, revivedlingeredexisted, subsisted, wasflourished, prospered, thrived(or throve) adj.dead, defunct, deceased, departed, late mean devoid of life.dead applies literally to what is deprived of vital force but is used figuratively of anything that has lost any attribute (such as energy, activity, radiance) suggesting life.a dead, listless performance defunct stresses cessation of active existence or operation.a defunct television series deceased, departed, and late apply to persons who have died recently.deceased is the preferred term in legal use.the estate of the deceased departed is used usually as a euphemism.our departed sister late is used especially with reference to a person in a specific relation or status.the company's late president in the 15th century |