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

Six of the deceased died at the scene and two at nearby hospitals. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 12 Nov. 2026

During the news conference, officials did not identify the ages of the children or establish whether either of the deceased was a minor. — Louis Casiano , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026

The Galveston medical examiner’s office said Monday that the deceased was a female and that an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026

The Chief Prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the train’s conductor was one of the deceased. — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for the deceased

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