Synonyms of burials

burials

noun

plural of burial

1

as in funerals

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place

the children wanted to give the dead bird a proper burial in the backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funerals
• interments
• inhumations
• obsequies
• entombments
• sepultures
• reburials
• embalmments
• inurnments
• reinterments
• immurements

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cremations
• exhumations
• disinterments

2

as in tombs

a final resting place for a dead person

archaeologically significant artifacts, such as stone tools, have been discovered in Neanderthal burials

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tombs
• graves
• cemeteries
• sepulchers
• churchyards
• sepulchres
• graveyards
• mausoleums
• mausolea
• vaults
• crypts
• sepultures
• catacombs
• charnel houses
• columbaria
• tumuli
• charnels
• barrows
• mounds
• potter's fields