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 Scottsdale Police Department has identified the deceased as Brazilian national Rogério Renato Mateucci, rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, who had traveled to the US for an event at Arizona State University. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

There are additional fees for Buddhist rituals to be performed at the grave, which are believed to benefit the deceased in the afterlife. — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026

That’s mostly thanks to over a decade of increases in donations from the deceased, recovered by OPOs that act as a bridge to transplant hospitals. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

The 40 recipes were all approved by family members of the deceased, whom Grant tracked down mostly through internet sleuthing (obituaries and social media) to ask permission to publish. — Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the deceased

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