funeral director

noun

: one whose profession is the management of funerals and who is usually an embalmer

Synonyms of funeral director

• undertaker

Examples of funeral director in a Sentence

the funeral director instructed the pallbearers on how to proceed

Recent Examples on the Web

Records available on the IDFPR’s website show regulators temporarily suspended Johanna Morgan’s funeral director and embalmer license Wednesday. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Investigators found his ashes in a brown paper bag on the floor of the funeral director’s premises more than a year after Bush handed her a little blue coffin and told her Sunny’s ashes were inside. — ABC News, 31 July 2026

On Monday afternoon, Gabe Schauf, a funeral director and then voice of the NFDA’s podcast, A Brush with Death, kicked off the proceedings with a starting signal. — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

First responders were a patchwork of various organizations, including volunteer firefighters, police, private companies and funeral directors, most of whom had no medical training. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 18 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for funeral director

• bisector
• collector
• connector
• corrector
• defector
• deflector
• detector
• dissector
• effector
• ejector
• elector
• erector

Kids Definition

funeral director

noun

: a person whose profession is the managing of funerals and the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation