English noun: decedent | |||
1. | decedent (person) someone who is no longer alive | ||
Samples | I wonder what the dead person would have done. | ||
Synonyms | dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, departed | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | infernal, living dead, zombi, zombie | ||
Instance hyponym | Lazarus | ||
Member meronym | dead | ||