Related Words for decedent

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WordSyllablesCategories
deceased
x/
Noun, Adjective
departed
x/x
Adjective, Noun
intestate
x/x
Noun
testator
x/x
Noun
testamentary
xx/xx
Noun
distributee
x/x/
Noun
defendant
x/x
Noun
settlor
/x
Noun
trustor
xx
Noun
grantor
/x
Noun
beneficiary
xx/xxx
Noun
declarant
x/x
Noun
heirs
/
Noun
plaintiff
/x
Noun
legatee
/xx
Noun
estate
x/
Noun
claimant
/x
Noun
death
/
Noun
affiant
/xx
Noun
probate
/x
Noun
spouse
/
Noun
annuitant
x/xx
Noun
petitioner
x/xx
Noun
tortfeasor
/xx
Noun
intestacy
xxxx
Noun
escheat
x/
Noun
codefendant
/x/x
Noun
burial
/xx
Noun
respondent
x/x
Noun
executor
x/xx
Noun
executrix
/xxx
Noun
donee
x/
Noun
transferor
/xx
Noun
complainant
x/x
Noun
appellant
x/x
Noun
assignor
x/x
Noun
dependents
x/x
Noun
insureds
x/x
Noun
assailant
x/x
Noun
unitrust
/xx
Noun
bequest
x/
Noun
victim
/x
Noun
lienholder
/xx
Noun
paramour
/x/
Noun
trustee
x/
Noun
widow
/x
Noun
dower
/
Noun
presumed
x/
Adjective
negligence
/xx
Noun
lien
/
Noun
possessory
x/xx
Adjective
autopsy
/xx
Noun
relative
/xx
Adjective
obligor
x/x
Noun
creditor
/xx
Noun
undead
xx
Noun
coroner
/xx
Noun
nonresident
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
barbiturate
x/xx
Noun
registrant
/xx
Noun
survivorship
x/xx
Noun
ancestor
/xx
Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun
antecedent
x/xx
Noun
survivor
x/x
Noun
ascendant
x/x
Noun
representative
xx/xx
Noun
residuary legatee
x/xxx/x/
Phrase, Noun
child
/
Noun
inheritor
x/xx
Noun
offspring
/x
Noun
cadaver
x/x
Noun
heir at law
///
Phrase, Noun
progenitor
x/xx
Noun
designee
xx/
Noun
executor de son tort
x/xx///
Phrase, Noun
predecessor
/xxx
Noun
deponent
x/x
Noun
successor
x/x
Noun
posterity
x/xx
Noun
senior
/x
Name
debtor
/x
Noun
corpse
/
Noun
heir apparent
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
remains
x/
Verb
blood relative
//xx
Phrase, Noun
scion
/x
Noun
legal heir
/x/
Name, Name
administrator
x/xxx
Noun
defunct
x/
Adjective
jurist
/x
Noun
acquired
x/x
Noun
predeceased
xx/
Verb
resident
/xx
Adjective
debts
/
Noun
prior
/x
Adjective
alien
/xx
Adjective
bequeathed
x/
Verb
owned
/
Verb
dies
/
Verb
kin
/
Noun
alleged
x/
Adjective
donor
/x
Noun
lifetime
/x
Noun
respect
x/
Noun
resided
x/x
Verb
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
abused
x/
Adjective
addicted
x/x
Adjective
aggrieved
x/
Adjective
applicant
/xx
Noun
assignee
x//
Noun
bankrupt
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
bereaved
x/
Adjective
bondholders
/xx
Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
defaulting
x/x
Noun
divorced
x/
Adjective
domineering
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
dutiful
/xx
Adjective
employed
x/
Adjective
erring
/x
Noun
grantee
/x
Noun
incapacitated
xx/xxx
Adjective
incumbent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
infernal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
insolvent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
insurer
x/x
Noun
lazarus
/xx
Name, Verb
lender
/x
Noun
lessee
x/
Noun, Verb
liable
/xx
Adjective
licensee
xx/
Noun
mortgagor
/xx
Noun
owner
/x
Noun
perpetrator
/xxx
Noun
principal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
shareholder
/xx
Noun
taxpayer
/xx
Noun
transmitted
x/x
Adjective
zombie
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun