Synonyms of stone

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noun

as in tombstone

a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased

an engraved stone identified the grave as that of a man who had died in the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tombstone
• monument
• plaque
• marker
• cross
• gravestone
• headstone
• tomb
• obelisk
• tablet
• pillar
• memorial
• shrine
• table
• monolith
• burial
• sepulchre
• sepulcher
• sepulture

stone

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adjective

as in sheer

having no exceptions or restrictions

the stone stupidity of the senator's statements embarrassed even her staffers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sheer
• pure
• complete
• utter
• simple
• absolute
• unconditional
• total
• definite
• perfect
• damn
• damned
• outright
• real
• huge
• very
• blank
• deadly
• flat
• crashing
• dead
• clean
• regular
• categorical
• profound
• stark
• blooming
• plumb
• unadulterated
• unmitigated
• dreadful
• endless
• fair
• downright
• thoroughgoing
• consummate
• constant
• thorough
• rank
• genuine
• unqualified
• eternal
• flat-out
• straight-out
• arrant
• out-and-out
• unalloyed
• categoric
• bodacious
• classic
• veritable
• perpetual
• authentic
• main
• horrible
• all-out
• terrible
• extreme
• undying
• unremitting
• hopeless
• extraordinary
• habitual
• unrestricted
• supreme
• terrific
• confirmed
• superlative
• inveterate
• frightful
• surpassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• doubtful
• restricted
• questionable
• qualified
• dubious
• equivocal

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verb

as in to sharpen

to make sharp or sharper

the diorama showed a villager stoning a scythe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sharpen
• grind
• edge
• strop
• whet
• hone
• file

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dull
• blunt
• round
• polish
• smooth
• gloss
• buff
• burnish

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adverb

as in cold

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cold
• plain
• flat
• absolutely
• entirely
• stone-cold
• dead
• even
• completely
• downright
• out
• wholly
• entire
• all
• clean
• hands down
• categorically
• quite
• perfectly
• wide
• totally
• fully
• enough
• all over
• soundly
• fast
• utterly
• mostly
• mainly
• principally
• unqualifiedly
• chiefly
• altogether
• primarily
• through and through
• predominantly
• thoroughly
• basically
• largely
• well
• substantially
• full
• exactly
• generally
• plumb
• more or less
• predominately
• heartily
• all of
• by and large
• overall
• generously
• abundantly
• greatly
• copiously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• partially
• partly
• half
• halfway
• just
• slightly
• scarcely
• barely
• hardly
• part
• incompletely
• superficially
• minimally
• approximately
• somewhat
• roughly
• marginally
• kind of

Phrases Containing stone

• Stone Age