the deceased

noun

formal

: a dead person or dead people

a relative of the deceased

Three of the deceased are being buried today.

Examples of the deceased in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During the Thursday vigil, friends and family of the deceased narrowly dodged a vehicle involved in a high-speed police chase, further rattling residents and drawing criticism of Milwaukee police. — April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2026

The Coast Guard has not released the names of the deceased boaters or the survivor. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

For Rosales, the deceased are victims of gang violence and suicide. — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Neither the deceased boaters nor the survivor were identified by officials. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the deceased

• beast
• ceased
• creased
• east
• feast
• fleeced
• geest
• greased
• leased
• least
• pieced
• priest