DECEDENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decedent mean? 

• DECEDENT (noun)
  The noun DECEDENT has 1 sense:

1. someone who is no longer alive

  Familiarity information: DECEDENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECEDENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is no longer alive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dead person; dead soul; deceased; deceased person; decedent; departed

Context example:

I wonder what the dead person would have done

Hypernyms ("decedent" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "decedent"):

infernal (an inhabitant of Hell)

living dead; zombi; zombie (a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force)

Instance hyponyms:

Lazarus (the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death)

Holonyms ("decedent" is a member of...):

dead (people who are no longer living)

Derivation:

decease (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)