passed away

ADJECTIVE

dead

Synonyms

STRONGEST

buried deceased late lifeless unalive

STRONG

cold departed stiff

WEAK

asleep bereft of life bloodless bought the farm breathless cadaverous checked out cut off defunct done for erased expired extinct gone gone to meet maker gone to reward liquidated no more not existing offed out of one's misery perished pushing up daisies reposing resting in peace

Antonyms

STRONGEST

alive living

WEAK

continuing enduring existent existing live undead warm

ADJECTIVE

departed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deceased

STRONG

buried expired gone stiff

WEAK

bought the farm in the grave laid to rest late pushing up daisies six feet under

ADJECTIVE

nonexistent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absent negative tenuous vacant

WEAK

airy baseless blank chimerical dead defunct departed dreamlike dreamy empty ethereal extinct extinguished fancied few and far between flimsy gone gossamery groundless hallucinatory hypothetical illusory imaginary imagined immaterial imponderable insubstantial legendary lost missing mythical null null and void passed on perished shadowy ungrounded unreal unsubstantial vague vaporous void without foundation

Antonyms

WEAK

actual existent existing real true

Example Sentences

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The first case was reported on April 24, in a healthcare worker who later passed away.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

He said: "His father passed away a few months ago and I think that, sort of, upset him quite bad, but he was a lovely fellow."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

His mother Helen passed away last month, with Anderson laying a wreath on the pitch before Forest's victory against Burnley in April.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The 70-year-old Dutch man passed away the day before, the captain can be seen telling passengers in a video Cenet shot.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Both of Sergio’s parents passed away when Sergio was only ten years old, and Darma raised him and his brother.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

passed away

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