Synonyms of casket

casket

noun

ˈka-skət 

1

as in coffin

a boxlike container for holding a dead body

bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coffin
• tomb
• sarcophagus
• urn
• box
• bier
• vault
• pall
• crypt
• sepulchre
• charnel
• sepulture
• body bag

2

as in bin

a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things

a small casket of jewels

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bin
• locker
• box
• trunk
• chest
• crate
• caddy
• coffin
• case
• vault
• carton
• compartment
• footlocker
• strongbox
• lockbox
• coffer
• safe-deposit box
• safe
• caisson
• sea chest
• hatbox
• jewel box
• snuffbox
• bandbox
• canteen
• hope chest
• minaudière
• tinderbox

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of casket

After both sisters had abdicated planning the memorial, logistical matters—the casket and its transport, the readings, and, yes, the flowers—had fallen to the front desk volunteer of a church my grandmother no longer attended. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Terrones looked on at the black casket holding her youngest boy, the goofball who loved his family, the one who had longed for her support while she was detained. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

After all, her musclebound handlers have brought along with them an empty casket, and this is the sort of play where a coffin that appears in the first act is definitely going to go off in the third. — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

Some visitors had expressed fears that exhibits, such as the casket of Emmett Till and a Greensboro lunch counter housed at the neighboring American History Museum, may have been altered to appease the administration’s concerns. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026