dead person

1. 1.

   someone who is no longer alive

   “I wonder what the dead person would have done”

   Synonymsdead souldeceased persondeceaseddecedentdeparted

   Broaderperson

   NarrowerinfernalLazaruszombi

   Part ofdead

Questions about dead person

What does dead person mean?

dead person means "someone who is no longer alive".

What is another word for dead person?

Close synonyms include dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dead person a common word?

dead person is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.