graveyard

noun

grave·​yard ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 

1

: cemetery

2

: something resembling a graveyard

an automobile graveyard

Synonyms of graveyard

• cemetery

Examples of graveyard in a Sentence

reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone

Recent Examples on the Web

In this year’s ballot measure graveyard lies the competing measures introduced by Uber and Consumer Attorneys of California, both of which were dropped after last-minute negotiations. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026

Only China has attempted a mission like the upcoming one, successfully boosting a satellite into a higher graveyard orbit four years ago. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 June 2026

If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026

This is the pitch deck graveyard. — Rich Bornstein, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing graveyard

• graveyard shift
• whistle past the graveyard

Rhymes for graveyard

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard

Kids Definition

graveyard

noun

grave·​yard -ˌyärd 

: cemetery