departed

Noun · Adjective
US[dih-pahr-tid]/dɪˈpɑrtɪd/3 syllables
Synonyms: dead persondead souldeceased persondeceaseddecedentbygonebypastforegonegoneasleepat peaceat rest

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. someone who is no longer alive“I wonder what the dead person would have done”Synonyms: dead persondead souldeceased persondeceaseddecedentType of person, individualKinds zombi, infernalExamples Lazarus of Bethany, LazarusMember of dead

Adjective (2)

  1. well in the past; former“bygone days”“dreams of foregone times”“sweet memories of gone summers”“relics of a departed era”Synonyms: bygonebypastforegonegoneOpposite present, futureSimilar past
  2. dead“he is deceased”“our dear departed friend”Synonyms: asleepat peaceat restdeceasedgoneOpposite aliveSimilar dead
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

departed noun (singular & plural)

someone who is no longer alive; as, let us pray for the departed. Syn. — dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent.

departed adjective

1. past; — used of time; as, departed summers. Syn. — bygone, bypast, foregone, gone.

2. dead; as, our dear departed parents. euphemistic Syn. — asleep(predicate), at peace(predicate), at rest(predicate), cold, deceased, gone.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, WordNet 1.5

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