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

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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 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

Officers rendered medical aid until emergency medical crews arrived and declared the victim deceased, Gonzalez said. — Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

Despite life-saving measures from witnesses at the scene, the pedestrian was eventually pronounced deceased by Newport Beach Fire Department personnel, police said. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 25 June 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

She was later pronounced deceased by the Rockcastle County Coroner’s Office. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 June 2026

The conditions increase the possibility of transmitting the disease, which spreads through close contact with bodily fluids of the sick and deceased such as sweat, blood, feces and vomit. — Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026

At the scene, officers found Mohamed's wife and two sons deceased inside their home. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026

For the first time, there are more players deceased than living from the Miami Dolphins‘ historic 1972 Perfect Season team. — Miami Herald, 27 May 2026