deceased
Gone from life
Deceased means dead.
The word appears most often in legal, medical, and formal contexts where "dead" might seem too blunt: the deceased's estate, notify the next of kin of the deceased.
As a noun, the deceased refers to the dead person or persons: The deceased left no will.
It's the preferred term in official documents, obituaries, and funeral contexts.
Deceased human body
- cadaverBody for dissection
- bodyPhysical structure, living thing
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- expiredNo longer in effect
perished · remains · defunct · gone · passed · cold · motionless · stiff
Placing deceased underground
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- intermentPutting a body underground
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
casket · pallbearer · mausoleum · crypt · tombstone · wake · shroud · mortuary
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
heartache · anguish · shiva · sympathy · tears · grieving · widow · widower
Thing preserving remembrance
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- tributeOffering of respect
- legacyWhat's passed down
monument · plaque · homage · keepsake · memento · heritage · commemoration · in memoriam
Property and grounds
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- probateWill validation proceedings
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
next of kin · executor · intestate · heir · bequest · trust · assets · succession
corpse
Deceased human body
expired · perished · remains · defunct · gone · passed · cold · motionless · stiff · inanimate
burial
Placing deceased underground
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- intermentPutting a body underground
hearse · casket · pallbearer · mausoleum · crypt · tombstone · wake · shroud · mortuary · embalming
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
lamentation · heartache · anguish · shiva · sympathy · tears · grieving · widow · widower · orphan
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
legacy · monument · plaque · homage · keepsake · memento · heritage · commemoration · in memoriam · epitaph
estate
Property and grounds
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- probateWill validation proceedings
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
inheritance · next of kin · executor · intestate · heir · bequest · trust · assets · succession · survivor
- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
- legal statusesmarried, single, divorced, citizen, widowed
- morguebody, cadaver, corpse, coroner, medical examiner
- seancesseance, medium, mediums, channeling, planchette
- Triagetriage nurse, triage area, field triage, battlefield triage, telephone triage
- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, fatality