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

Upon arrival, police found 37-year-old Destiny Dunn deceased with bruises on her body, including her neck and face, and her eyelids were swollen and discolored, according to court documents. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2026

About two hours later, officers breached the front door and located six people deceased in the home. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 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

With Warner deceased, those obligations would be his estate’s responsibility. — Morgan Mouchette, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Sophia was found dead in a Merced residence in March 2022, where investigators say she had been deceased for over a month. — Maddie White, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Officers found the couple’s infant son deceased in a bassinet in the living room. — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026

The 2005 Presidential $1 Coin Act — which authorized a series of coins commemorating past presidents — says a president can only be eligible if they have been deceased for at least two years. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 17 July 2026

According to the city’s naming policy, a valid name must meet at least one of several criteria including a geographic location, a historical event, or an individual deceased for at least five years who made significant contributions to San Jose. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 25 June 2026