as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead
an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died
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There were just two dogs roaming the necropolis all that while, unseen and unheard.
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Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Surrounded by lovely countryside and located near the coast, Paestum also features the National Archaeological Museum, which houses funerary items, pots, etc found in the town, in the nearby necropolises and at the sanctuary dedicated to Hera.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
In the 1920s, archaeologists excavating the necropolis of Deir el-Bahri near Luxor, Egypt, found many broken statues of the ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut—one of the civilization’s few female pharaohs.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
After the Entrada, there are traces of Teotihuacan’s presence all over Tikal, from royal burials in a necropolis to distinctly Mexican architecture mixed with Maya elements in a complex of residential and ceremonial buildings near the heart of the city.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
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Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Surrounded by lovely countryside and located near the coast, Paestum also features the National Archaeological Museum, which houses funerary items, pots, etc found in the town, in the nearby necropolises and at the sanctuary dedicated to Hera.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
In the 1920s, archaeologists excavating the necropolis of Deir el-Bahri near Luxor, Egypt, found many broken statues of the ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut—one of the civilization’s few female pharaohs.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
After the Entrada, there are traces of Teotihuacan’s presence all over Tikal, from royal burials in a necropolis to distinctly Mexican architecture mixed with Maya elements in a complex of residential and ceremonial buildings near the heart of the city.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for necropolis
Noun
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The cemetery has about 2,000 burial plots remaining.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Alongside the bodies of martyrs from Iran’s past wars, the dusty earth of Behesht-e Zahra cemetery now cradles the remains of protesters killed in January’s protests, the latest conflict to rake Iran’s streets.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ayers has a plus arm and has plus power, flashing it more in the Arizona Fall League last year (where his exit velocity peaked at 111 mph) than in the regular season, since Myrtle Beach is a graveyard for would-be home runs.—
Keith Law,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Cities took on the atmosphere of graveyards, and mourning black became the dominant color of daily life.—
Shahrnush Parsipur,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Necropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necropolis. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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