Synonyms of burial

burial

noun

1

as in funeral

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

• funeral
• interment
• entombment
• burying
• inhumation
• obsequies
• sepulture
• interring
• entombing
• embalmment
• reburial
• obsequy
• reinterment
• inurnment
• immurement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exhumation
• cremation
• disinterment
• unearthing

2

as in tomb

a final resting place for a dead person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tomb
• grave
• cemetery
• sepulcher
• sepulchre
• churchyard
• sepulture
• mausoleum
• graveyard
• vault
• crypt
• catacomb
• columbarium
• charnel house
• charnel
• tumulus
• mound
• barrow
• potter's field