DECEASE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DECEASE?

Need another word that means the same as “decease”? Find 46 synonyms and 30 related words for “decease” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Decease” are: death, expiry, demise, dying, end, passing, passing away, passing on, loss of life, expiration, departure from life, final exit, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx

Decease as a Noun

Definitions of "Decease" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “decease” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The event of dying or departure from life.
• A person's death.

Synonyms of "Decease" as a noun (12 Words)

death	The personification of death. To be driven to a dance by one s father would be social death.
demise	The end or failure of an enterprise or institution. Mr Grisenthwaite s tragic demise.
departure from life	Euphemistic expressions for death.
dying	The time when something ends. A dying of old hopes.
end	Either of the halves of a sports field or court defended by one team or player. A defensive end.
expiration	The exhalation of breath from the lungs. The expiration of three years.
expiry	The end of the period for which something is valid. An expiry date.
final exit	An examination administered at the end of an academic term.
loss of life	The experience of losing a loved one.
passing	In sport the action of passing a ball to another team member. Thousands mourned his passing.
passing away	The end of something.
passing on	The end of something.

Usage Examples of "Decease" as a noun

• He held the post until his untimely decease in 1991.
• Upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren.

Decease as a Verb

Definitions of "Decease" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “decease” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
• Die.

Synonyms of "Decease" as a verb (34 Words)

be lost	Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function.
be no more	Occupy a certain position or area.
breathe one's last	Allow the passage of air through.
buy the farm	Accept as true.
cash in one's chips	Exchange for cash.
choke	Cause a person or animal to choke. The bracken will choke the wild gladiolus.
conk	Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain. My car conked out.
croak	Of a person make a sound similar to a croak when speaking or laughing. There are a few people down there who d like to croak him.
cross the great divide	Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.
cross the styx	Trace a line through or across.
depart this life	Remove oneself from an association with or participation in.
die	Die one after another until few or none are left. I was halfway through a text message when the phone died.
draw one's last breath	Cause to move by pulling.
drop dead	Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow.
exit	Used as a stage direction in a play to indicate that an actor leaves the stage. He exited from the changing rooms.
expire	(of a document, authorization, or agreement) come to the end of the period of validity. His driving licence expired.
give-up the ghost	Move like a ghost.
go	Go through in search of something search through someone s belongings in an unauthorized way. I really must go.
go the way of all flesh	Follow a procedure or take a course.
go the way of the flesh	Stop operating or functioning.
go to glory	Make a certain noise or sound.
go to meet one's maker	Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.
go to one's last resting place	To be spent or finished.
kick the bucket	Thrash about or strike out with the feet.
lay down one's life	Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment.
lose one's life	Fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense.
meet one's death	Fill or meet a want or need.
meet one's end	Fill or meet a want or need.
pass	Come to pass. Persons who have passed bad cheques.
pass away	Disappear gradually.
pass on	Come to pass.
perish	Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. A great part of his army perished of hunger and disease.
pop off	Hit a pop-fly.
snuff it	Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.

Usage Examples of "Decease" as a verb

• He deceased at his palace of Croydon.

Associations of "Decease" (30 Words)

casualty	Someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement. He went to casualty to have a cut stitched.
dead	(followed by `to’) not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive. He was dead against the idea.
death	The personification of death. An increase in deaths from skin cancer.
deceased	Dead. The judge inferred that the deceased was confused as to the extent of his assets.
demise	Transmit (a sovereign’s title) by death or abdication. The demise of industry.
die	A cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male external screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods. Rhubarb dies back to a crown of buds each winter.
doom	An unpleasant or disastrous destiny. The aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water.
dying	On the point of death. His dying wish.
end	The person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage. One notice will be effective to bring the tenancy to an end.
expiry	Death. The expiry of the patent.
extinction	A conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus. Preventing the extinction of this unique frog will require the restoration of ponds and surrounding habitats.
final	The final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament. She was doing her history finals.
finis	The temporal end; the concluding time. The market was up at the finish.
garrote	An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.
gone	In a trance or stupor, especially through exhaustion, drink, or drugs. She is now four months gone.
holocaust	A Jewish sacrificial offering that was burned completely on an altar. A nuclear holocaust.
inoperative	Not working or taking effect. An inoperative law.
intestacy	The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will.
intestate	A person who has died without having made a will. Intestate property.
last	The last person or thing the one occurring mentioned or acting after all others. The last chapter we read.
moribund	(of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour. The moribund commercial property market.
mortal	(of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death. Mortal beings.
mortality	The quality or state of being mortal. The causes of mortality among infants and young children.
mortuary	Of or relating to a funeral. Mortuary rituals.
perish	Be suffering from extreme cold. The children perished in the fire.
quietus	Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb.
remembrance	A memory or recollection. A flash of remembrance passed between them.
rip	The act of rending or ripping or splitting something. Countries ripped apart by fighting.
suffocation	The state or process of dying from being deprived of air or unable to breathe. Prisoners told accounts of suffocations and shootings.
termination	The action of terminating something or the fact of being terminated. The termination of the agreement.