Synonyms of decease

decease 1 of 2

noun

di-ˈsēs 

as in death

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

in the event of the decease of the president, the vice president will immediately assume his duties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• death
• demise
• fate
• passing
• dissolution
• doom
• expiration
• grave
• expiry
• end
• sleep
• exit
• quietus
• passage
• suicide
• curtains
• fatality
• great divide
• assassination
• destruction
• casualty
• martyrdom
• ending
• execution
• annihilation
• extermination
• slaughter
• killing
• massacre
• ruin
• self-slaughter
• self-murder
• self-destruction

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• birth
• existence
• life
• nativity
• rise
• creation
• genesis
• origination

decease

2 of 2

verb

as in to die

to stop living

no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased

Synonyms & Similar Words

• die
• perish
• fall
• demise
• succumb
• expire
• depart
• end
• disappear
• pass away
• check out
• pass (on)
• exit
• part
• buy it
• fade
• go
• croak
• step out
• kick off
• peg out
• pop off
• flatline
• drop
• kick in
• kick the bucket
• snuff it
• give up the ghost
• bite the dust
• predecease
• conk (out)
• fail
• consume
• dry up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• live
• breathe
• come to
• revive
• be
• exist
• linger
• flourish
• subsist
• thrive
• prosper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of decease

Verb

The Sheriff’s Office has identified the deceased as bus driver Kelly Margaret Langstaff and passengers Cassandra Moreno, John Perry, Oscar Carrillo and Trena Cain. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Responding officers found Baratto deceased with stab wounds and arrested Harrington. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

According to court records, police found Dunn deceased in a motel room with bruises on her body, including her neck and face, and her eyelids were swollen and discolored. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026

But when his attorneys Rob Turkewitz and Brian Knowles called his hotel, staff found Barnett deceased in his truck with a gunshot wound to the head — sparking months of speculation on the nature of his death. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

The Clark County Coroner's Office said investigators are working to identify the cause and manner of death, along with the identity of the deceased found at Boulder Beach. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Officers met with fire crews who recovered the body from the water and declared the person deceased on scene. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Sugar confronts her at a ceremonial funeral for the unknown deceased, a fittingly dramatic setting for our guy to have the final word as FBI agents roll up on the assemblywoman. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

Her students preserved and mounted naturally deceased snakes onto wooden boards. — Kynala Phillips, jsonline.com, 31 July 2026