Synonyms of cavern

cavern

noun

ˈka-vərn 

as in cave

a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface

a cavern with beautiful stalactites

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cave
• grotto
• tunnel
• abyss
• pit
• lair
• grot
• chasm
• hollow
• delve
• antre
• bunker
• excavation
• mine
• burrow
• shaft
• gallery
• subway
• crawlway
• shelter
• hole
• well
• gulf
• den
• lodge
• dugout
• foxhole
• covert

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cavern

Paul walks the cavern’s polished concrete floor, absorbs its hum, grazes its plastic surfaces with his fingertips. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

While the lake is said to have been discovered in 1905 by a 13-year-old boy named Ben Sands, the surrounding caverns were used by the Cherokee long ago—20,000-year-old jaguar tracks have also been found there. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2026

Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns. — The Editors, Vulture, 27 June 2026

There is a parallel track in Sanders’s life; one that leads towards the deep caverns of the manosphere. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026