Departed

//dɪˈpɑɹtɪd// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of dead (“those who have died”). euphemistic

    "... and our Theologians, in stead thereof vie to make sermons, both teaching the people some good learning, and also saying well of the departed."

  2. 2
    someone who is no longer alive wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of depart form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having gone away. not-comparable

    "relics from a departed era"

  2. 2
    Dead. euphemistic, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    dead wordnet
  2. 2
    well in the past; former wordnet

Synonyms

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dead personpastabscondedabsentagoantiquated

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"He departed for London the day before yesterday."

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