noun

the recently dead person in question.

the judge inferred that the deceased was confused as to the extent of his assets

adjective

recently dead.

the deceased man’s family

dead,expired,departed,gone,no more,passed on,passed away,late,lost,lamented,perished,fallen,slain,slaughtered,killed,murdered,lifeless,not breathing,having breathed one’s last,defunct,extinct,inanimate,insentient,insensate,inert,(as) dead as a doornail,six feet under,pushing up daisies,under the sod,with God,asleep,at peace,demised,exanimate