graveyard

noun

grave·​yard ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 

1

: cemetery

2

: something resembling a graveyard

an automobile graveyard

Synonyms

• boneyard
• cemetery
• God's acre
• memorial park
• necropolis
• potter's field

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

At the beginning of the century, archaeologists in a town just outside Paris discovered an ancient graveyard. —Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025

The common trap of entrepreneurial distraction The business graveyard is filled with brilliant ideas that never reached their potential because their creators abandoned them too quickly. —Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025

When the graveyard gets trashed, paranoia takes over, and Karsh pieces the truth together. —Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025

Season 2 opens with a tower of giraffes (yep, that’s what a group is called) strolling through a graveyard of the Firelies Joel (Pedro Pascal) cut down in the Salt Lake City hospital where Ellie (Bella Ramsey) was about to be sacrificed in the hopes of a cure for the cordyceps infection. —Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025

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