Standard Lemma guide

departed

adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /dɪˈpɑɹtɪd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɑːtɪd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 P AA1 R T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having gone away.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • relics from a departed era

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Dead.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dead

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of depart

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

dead

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he is deceased
  • our dear departed friend

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, gone

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

well in the past; former

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bygone days
  • dreams of foregone times
  • sweet memories of gone summers
  • relics of a departed era

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bygone, bypast, foregone, gone

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

someone who is no longer alive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I wonder what the dead person would have done

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: infernal, zombi, zombie, living dead, Lazarus

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: покоен (pokoen) — euphemistic: dead
  • Finnish: poismennyt — euphemistic: dead
  • Finnish: edesmennyt — euphemistic: dead
  • French: regretté — euphemistic: dead
  • Greek: εκλιπών (eklipón) — euphemistic: dead
  • Romanian: defunct — euphemistic: dead
  • Romanian: răposat — euphemistic: dead
  • Sanskrit: गत (gata) — euphemistic: dead
  • Sanskrit: प्रेत (preta) — euphemistic: dead
  • Spanish: finado — euphemistic: dead
  • Ancient Greek: κατοιχόμενος (katoikhómenos) — a dead person or persons
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