| ADJECTIVE | all | deceased, asleep, at peace, at rest, departed, gone | dead |
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| NOUN | person | deceased, dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed | someone who is no longer alive |
| Sounds | dihsiy'st | |
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| Rhymes | beast ... yeast: 17 rhymes with iyst... | |
| Meaning | dead. | |
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| Example | "he is deceased" | |
| Synonyms | asleep, at peace, at rest, departed, gone | |
| Broader | dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life |
| Usage of | euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh |
| Spanish | difunto, fallecido, muerto | |
| Catalan | difunt, mort | |
| Meaning | someone who is no longer alive. | |
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| Synonyms | dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed | |
| Instances | Lazarus | The person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb |
| Member of | dead | People who are no longer living |
| Narrower | infernal | An inhabitant of Hell |
| zombi, zombie, living dead | A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | difunta, difunto, extinta, extinto, fallecida, fallecido, muerta, muerto | |
| Catalan | difunta, difunt, finada, finat, morta, mort | |
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