PASSED AWAY Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in gone

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verb

past tense of pass away

as in died

to stop living the old woman passed away quietly

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His father was a closeted gay man who came out very late in life, then passed away at the age of 80. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2026 Her nephew — her brother’s son — also passed away in 2023, and the family hopes to bury them together. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026 The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a man who passed away while in custody at the Jackson County Detention Center on Saturday. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 In April, Marie Green passed away at age seventy-one in Midland, Texas, with one of David’s sisters holding her in her arms. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 When his grandfather passed away, director Andrés Madrigal felt an urge to pick up his camera and capture every possible moment of that immediate grief. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026 In December 2025, Tatiana tragically passed away after a short battle with cancer. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 23 July 2026 When Kevin Keegan passed away on Monday, tributes poured in from across the football world. — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026 The Grammy Hall of Famer passed away from the disease at age 96 in 2023. — Niya Doyle, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for passed away

Adjective

Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.

— Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026

Definition of gone

Verb

Stacy co-sponsored a controversial bill that ultimately died in 2023, HB 419, which sought to ban gender transition procedures, hormones and puberty blockers for minors.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
One of the victims died at the hospital, Seattle Police Assistant Chief Tyrone Davis said in a news briefing late Sunday.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Definition of died

Adjective

The majority are retirees, but the Social Security Administration (SSA) also provides regular income to disabled workers, widowed spouses and children of deceased workers.

— Brian Sloan, CNBC, 21 July 2026
The face of deceased founder Maurice White looms in the background.

— DeAsia Paige, AJC.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of deceased

Adjective

Three of the fallen soldiers whose bodies were returned to the United States were killed by Iranians attack on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 23 July 2026
The broadcaster went on to shout out a couple of his fallen comrades.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026

Definition of fallen

Verb

At least 5,000 people perished, most of them in La Guaira state, a strip of cities and slums crammed between the coastal cordillera and the Caribbean Sea, half an hour from Caracas.

— Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026
People working on ships, as well as foreign workers and others in gulf nations, Israel and Lebanon have also perished in the conflict.

— Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of perished

Verb

Vegas played much of the night without center William Karlsson, who was being checked out on the bench for an apparent upper-body injury.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Mac Jones did not throw Wednesday because of a sore shoulder that checked out clean and should be ready for training camp, which is expected to open July 25 or 26.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026

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