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 investigation spawned a nationwide reckoning with the legacy of the deceased labor organizer who had become an icon of Chicano rights. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

In a statement to Fox News Digital, the University of Mississippi confirmed that both of the deceased were students there. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

After three teenagers are murdered, Ema's niece shows up, and the duo must look to both the living and the deceased to solve the mystery before things get worse. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

The identity of the deceased pilot has not been publicly released. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the deceased

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