Synonyms of burying

burying 1 of 2

noun

as in burial

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place

all the grandchildren attended the burying of their grandfather in his homeland

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exhumation
• cremation
• disinterment
• unearthing

burying

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verb

present participle of bury

1

as in interring

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

• interring
• hiding
• entombing
• laying
• concealing
• tombing
• putting away
• hearsing
• inhuming
• enshrining
• covering
• shielding
• reburying
• obscuring
• ensconcing
• shading
• shrouding
• immuring
• enshrouding
• cloaking
• inurning
• curtaining
• reinterring
• coffining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exhuming
• unearthing
• burning
• disinterring
• cremating
• showing
• disclosing
• exposing
• discovering
• revealing
• displaying
• exhibiting
• baring
• uncoffining

2

as in concealing

to put into a hiding place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concealing
• hiding
• secreting
• stashing
• caching
• hoarding
• ensconcing
• interring
• entombing
• squirreling (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• displaying
• exhibiting
• exposing
• uncovering
• revealing
• showing
• baring
• unwrapping
• unmasking
• unveiling
• flaunting
• parading
• showing off
• unearthing
• disinterring

3

as in overcoming

to defeat by a large margin

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcoming
• throwing
• whipping
• bombing
• smothering
• flattening
• annihilating
• beating
• trimming
• upsetting
• dusting
• pasting
• thrashing
• mastering
• routing
• taking
• skinning
• smoking
• destroying
• clobbering
• tromping
• creaming
• topping
• whopping
• walloping
• blowing away
• waxing
• sweeping
• conquering
• exceeding
• succeeding
• scoring
• crushing
• trouncing
• surpassing
• overwhelming
• capping
• dispatching
• licking
• whomping
• whupping
• drubbing
• slaughtering
• eating alive
• shellacking
• beating the pants off
• running circles around
• subduing
• skunking
• subjugating
• wiping the floor with
• snowing under
• surmounting
• overthrowing
• vanquishing
• finishing
• upending
• transcending
• prevailing (over)
• outdoing
• eclipsing
• winning (against)
• besting
• outshining
• bettering
• hurdling
• triumphing (over)
• knocking over
• overpowering
• sinking
• flourishing
• breaking
• outdistancing
• outstripping
• knocking off
• excelling
• overtopping
• overmatching
• edging (out)
• worsting
• overbearing
• outfighting
• acing (out)
• pipping
• doing in
• nosing out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of burying

Noun

One such detail is the prospect of a Gallagher-brothers-style burying of the hatchet for Harry and Prince William. — Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 21 Aug. 2026

Eaton wildfire survivors’ anger about Southern California Edison’s burying of electric wires in Altadena boiled over Tuesday with residents calling on government officials to temporarily halt the work. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

According to Purina, a common quirky habit many dog owners notice is food-burying. — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025

Greenlawn was a collection of four cemeteries — the old burying ground, new burying ground or Union cemetery, Peck's Ground and Greenlawn. — Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 14 Nov. 2025

The few mourners walked away beneath the crooked, treeless oaks and hickories of the Westminster Presbyterian burying ground. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025

Researchers say the burying of the hoard is not a mystery, but why the community never came back for their treasured items is another thing entirely. — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025

The burying of summer bulbs and seeds into still-cold dirt. — Riley Robinson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2025

Verb

People are already burying the Chargers and this line moved from nearly double-digits (Chargers -9½) to under the key number of 7. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

What competing on Food Network's Pitmasters taught him about cooking under pressure, from elaborate plating to burying food underground and cooking it over heated stones. — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2026

Walton scored out of mid-air, playing the puck to himself in front of the net with one move and burying it with his next. — Murat Ates, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

You’re torn between sharing your anxieties and burying them deep as the moon agitates Chiron. — Usa Today, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

It’s known for extreme violence — decapitations and burying victims alive. — Maria Verza, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026

Mexican cartels began using explosives more extensively about five years ago, dropping them from drones to attack security forces or rival groups and burying explosive devices in the ground to defend or control territory. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Even more, the Padres aren’t burying Salas in a lineup that features two of their catcher. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2026

Families are burying victims while relatives of the missing wait for answers, as authorities detain the captain, crew and port officials in a widening probe into the disaster’s cause. — Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026