Deceased

//diˈsist//

Synonyms for "deceased" (161 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Noun(2 words)
departeddecedent
Adjective(3 words)
asleepat peaceat rest

Strong matches (48)

Adjective(1 words)
departed

Related words (80)

Adjective(1 words)
gone
Noun(1 words)
late

Related word relations

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6 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

derived

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has context

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related to

8 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

214 translations across 46 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • afgestorwe adj (no longer alive)
  • bestorwe adj (belonging to the dead)
  • oorlede adj (no longer alive)
  • wyle adj (no longer alive)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مَيِّت مَيْت adj (no longer alive)
  • مُتَوَفًّى adj (no longer alive)
  • مَرْحُوم noun (dead person)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • үлгән adj (no longer alive)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • мёртвы adj (no longer alive)
  • паме́рлы adj (no longer alive)
  • мёртвы noun (dead person)
  • нябо́жчык noun (dead person)

Breton

1 entries
  • diwezhañ-marv adj (no longer alive)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • мъ́ртъв adj (no longer alive)
  • поко́ен adj (no longer alive)
  • умря́л adj (no longer alive)
  • мъ́ртъв noun (dead person)

Catalan

4 entries
  • difunt adj (no longer alive)
  • mort adj (no longer alive)
  • difunt noun (dead person)
  • mort noun (dead person)

Chichewa

3 entries
  • muwi noun (dead person)
  • mzimizi noun (dead person)
  • womwalira noun (dead person)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 已故的 adj (no longer alive)
  • 死的 adj (no longer alive)
  • 死人 noun (dead person)
  • 死者 noun (dead person)

Czech

4 entries
  • mrtvý adj (no longer alive)
  • zesnulý adj (no longer alive)
  • mrtvý noun (dead person)
  • nebožka noun (dead person)

Danish

2 entries
  • afdød adj (no longer alive)
  • død adj (no longer alive)

Dutch

4 entries
  • dood adj (no longer alive)
  • overleden adj (no longer alive)
  • overledene noun (dead person)
  • overledenen noun (plural: dead people)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kuollut adj (no longer alive)
  • kuollut noun (dead person)

French

4 entries
  • décédé adj (no longer alive)
  • mort adj (no longer alive)
  • défunt noun (dead person)
  • défunts noun (plural: dead people)

Galician

4 entries
  • defunto adj (no longer alive)
  • finado adj (no longer alive)
  • morto adj (no longer alive)
  • defunto noun (dead person)

German

4 entries
  • gestorben adj (no longer alive)
  • tot adj (no longer alive)
  • verstorben adj (no longer alive)
  • Tote noun (plural: dead people)

Greek

4 entries
  • αποθανών adj (no longer alive)
  • νεκρός adj (no longer alive)
  • εκλιπούσα noun (dead person)
  • εκλιπών noun (dead person)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מנוח adj (belonging to the dead)
  • נפטר adj (belonging to the dead)
  • מנוח noun (dead person)
  • מנוחה noun (dead person)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • elhunyt adj (no longer alive)
  • elhunyt noun (dead person)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • almarhum adj (no longer alive)
  • mangkat adj (no longer alive)
  • meninggal adj (no longer alive)
  • meninggal dunia adj (no longer alive)

Irish

2 entries
  • ar shlí na fírinne adj (no longer alive)
  • básaithe adj (no longer alive)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 亡くなった adj (no longer alive)
  • 死んだ adj (no longer alive)
  • 仏様 noun (dead person)
  • 故人 noun (dead person)

Korean

4 entries
  • 사망한 adj (no longer alive)
  • 죽은 adj (no longer alive)
  • 고인 noun (dead person)
  • 사자 noun (dead person)

Latin

4 entries
  • dēfūncta noun (dead person)
  • dēfūnctus noun (dead person)
  • mortua noun (dead person)
  • mortuus noun (dead person)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • мртов adj (no longer alive)
  • покоен adj (no longer alive)
  • починат adj (no longer alive)
  • умрен adj (no longer alive)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • avdød adj (no longer alive)
  • død adj (no longer alive)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • avdød adj (no longer alive)

Occitan

3 entries
  • defunt adj (no longer alive)
  • mòrt adj (no longer alive)
  • defunt noun (dead person)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • doot adj (no longer alive)

Polish

4 entries
  • martwy adj (no longer alive)
  • nieżywy adj (no longer alive)
  • zmarły adj (no longer alive)
  • martwy noun (dead person)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • falecido adj (no longer alive)
  • morto adj (no longer alive)
  • falecido noun (dead person)
  • falecidos noun (plural: dead people)

Romani

2 entries
  • muli noun (dead person)
  • mulo noun (dead person)

Romanian

4 entries
  • decedat adj (no longer alive)
  • mort adj (no longer alive)
  • răposat adj (no longer alive)
  • decedat noun (dead person)

Russian

4 entries
  • мёртвый adj (no longer alive)
  • поко́йный adj (no longer alive)
  • уме́рший adj (no longer alive)
  • усо́пший adj (no longer alive)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • मृत adj (no longer alive)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mr̀tav adj (no longer alive)
  • mȓtvī adj (no longer alive)
  • pòkōjnī adj (no longer alive)
  • ȕmrlī adj (no longer alive)

Slovak

4 entries
  • mŕtvy adj (no longer alive)
  • zosnulý adj (no longer alive)
  • nebožka noun (dead person)
  • nebožtička noun (dead person)

Slovene

4 entries
  • mŕtev adj (no longer alive)
  • pokojen adj (no longer alive)
  • preminul adj (no longer alive)
  • pokojnica noun (dead person)

Spanish

4 entries
  • decesado adj (no longer alive)
  • difunto adj (no longer alive)
  • exangüe adj (no longer alive)
  • fallecido adj (no longer alive)

Swedish

4 entries
  • avliden adj (no longer alive)
  • avliden noun (dead person)
  • bår noun (dead person)
  • död noun (dead person)

Tashelhit

2 entries
  • imttan noun (plural: dead people)
  • imtti noun (dead person)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ме́рлий adj (no longer alive)
  • ме́ртвий adj (no longer alive)
  • покі́йний adj (no longer alive)
  • поме́рлий adj (no longer alive)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • người chết noun (dead person)

Volapük

2 entries
  • deadik adj (no longer alive)
  • ädeadöl adj (no longer alive)

Welsh

2 entries
  • diweddar adj (no longer alive)
  • ymadawedig adj (no longer alive)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • ניפֿטר noun (dead person)
  • ניפֿטרים noun (plural: dead people)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The deceased was eighty years old.

Source: tatoeba (239820)

A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased.

Source: tatoeba (239956)

The Emperor prayed for the souls of the deceased.

Source: tatoeba (278953)

He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased.

Source: tatoeba (292500)

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