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

The majority of the victims were from outside Spain, particularly British and Belgian nationals, Moreno said later Friday, but added that authorities are still working to identify the deceased. — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 10 July 2026

As the employee leaves her daughter with the urns, the young girl reads the names of the deceased in two urns — one of which is Ellie Bixler. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Hurtado’s experience illustrates the chaos that, according to relatives of the deceased deportees and a forensic medicine expert, marked the handling of bodies after the earthquakes. — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Evaniel Johnson told the AP that the deceased was the father of a young child, was preparing to lead the family construction business and was passionate about making music. — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 6 July 2026

Rhymes for the deceased

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