Synonyms of buried

buried 1 of 2

adjective

as in hidden

Related Words

• hidden
• concealed
• disguised
• shrouded
• vague
• obscure
• covert
• insignificant
• trivial
• faint
• unseen
• slender
• subtle
• invisible
• inconspicuous
• unapparent
• indistinct
• slight
• intangible
• inaudible
• liminal
• unnoticeable
• unseeable
• indistinguishable
• imperceptible
• impalpable
• inappreciable
• insensible

Dissimilar Words

• visible
• discernible
• palpable
• appreciable
• perceptible
• sensible
• recognizable
• clear
• tangible
• prominent
• evident
• observable
• plain
• obvious
• manifest
• audible
• conspicuous
• striking
• ponderable
• apparent
• noticeable
• significant
• distinct
• straightforward
• eye-catching

buried

2 of 2

verb

past tense of bury

1

as in interred

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea

he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interred
• entombed
• hid
• laid
• tombed
• put away
• concealed
• hearsed
• inhumed
• enshrined
• covered
• immured
• shielded
• ensconced
• reburied
• obscured
• reinterred
• shaded
• inurned
• shrouded
• cloaked
• enshrouded
• curtained
• coffined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unearthed
• exhumed
• burned
• disinterred
• discovered
• cremated
• exposed
• revealed
• showed
• displayed
• disclosed
• exhibited
• bared
• uncoffined

2

as in concealed

to put into a hiding place

buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concealed
• hid
• secreted
• stashed
• ensconced
• cached
• interred
• entombed
• hoarded
• squirreled (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• displayed
• exhibited
• exposed
• revealed
• uncovered
• showed
• unveiled
• bared
• paraded
• unearthed
• unwrapped
• unmasked
• flaunted
• disinterred
• showed off

3

as in bombed

to defeat by a large margin

if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombed
• whipped
• smothered
• overcame
• flattened
• threw
• routed
• upset
• trimmed
• annihilated
• pasted
• dusted
• thrashed
• clobbered
• mastered
• beat
• blew away
• smoked
• snowed under
• skinned
• topped
• overwhelmed
• creamed
• tromped
• swept
• trounced
• shellacked
• took
• destroyed
• waxed
• walloped
• conquered
• ate alive
• succeeded
• beat the pants off
• crushed
• dispatched
• scored
• surpassed
• whomped
• whupped
• capped
• drubbed
• licked
• wiped the floor with
• exceeded
• slaughtered
• skunked
• whopped
• ran circles around
• vanquished
• subjugated
• surmounted
• subdued
• finished
• upended
• prevailed (over)
• triumphed (over)
• eclipsed
• won (against)
• knocked over
• transcended
• knocked off
• overthrew
• overpowered
• bested
• hurdled
• flourished
• overmatched
• aced (out)
• sank
• worsted
• overtopped
• outdistanced
• excelled
• outstripped
• outshone
• outdid
• broke
• bettered
• edged (out)
• pipped
• outfought
• nosed out
• did in
• overbore

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of buried

Verb

Valentine went down early in camp with a hamstring injury, was replaced by Cisse and has been buried since. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

These included a child buried face down, a skeleton positioned as in a crucifixion, graves with stones placed around the skull as if to prevent biting or movement, as well as other graves with sickles and padlocks. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

All but two people in the group of fifteen — one client and one guide who had momentarily fallen behind the group because of an equipment issue — were buried by the wall of snow that came off the mountain. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

All but two people in the group of 15 — one client and one guide who had momentarily fallen behind the group because of an equipment issue — were buried by the wall of snow that came off the mountain. — Tribune News Service, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Two soldiers recovered during that investigation were buried at Arlington National Cemetery in 2018. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

As the Danube waters shrank in Bulgaria, researchers were thrilled to find and recover a jawbone, tusks, a shoulder blade, ribs and other bone fragments belonging to an extinct woolly mammoth buried deep in the sand. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Marcel’s body was buried Wednesday at the family compound in eastern Cameroon, Abba said. — Jean Fernand Koena, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Rescuers were still searching for villagers feared buried beneath landslides triggered by the quake across six regencies on Flores, a predominantly Catholic island in Muslim-majority Indonesia. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026