Synonyms of burials

burials

noun

plural of burial

1

as in funerals

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

• funerals
• interments
• inhumations
• obsequies
• entombments
• sepultures
• reburials
• embalmments
• inurnments
• reinterments
• immurements

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cremations
• exhumations
• disinterments

2

as in tombs

a final resting place for a dead person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tombs
• graves
• cemeteries
• churchyards
• sepulchres
• graveyards
• mausoleums
• vaults
• crypts
• catacombs
• columbaria
• sepultures
• tumuli
• charnels
• barrows
• mounds
• potter's fields

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of burials

The remains from 77 previously unknown burials were being stored in a secure facility, UC Davis Health officials said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Owing to constant construction noise, daily burials at the cemetery would no longer take place in silence. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Mass burials of unidentified bodies in Kathmandu In Kathmandu, police worked in heavy rain on Tuesday to bury dozens of bodies in multiple trenches next to a forested area. — Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Preliminary explorations indicate these burials were looted in antiquity; passages linking them are thought to have been made by ancient robbers moving between the tombs. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Ruby Chaudhary, who has two missing relatives, said the burials should not proceed without families’ consent. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Authorities in Nepal have begun mass burials of hundreds of unidentified victims whose bodies had started to decompose. — James Powel, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

According to a 2016 Courier Journal report, Greenwood Cemetery largely closed to new burials in 1993 after fraudulent practices came to light by the previous owner, Louisville Crematories and Cemeteries, Inc. — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

The burial ground was likely Protestant due to a complete absence of devotional items, such as crosses and medals characteristic of Catholic burials. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026