Synonyms of caverns

caverns

noun

plural of cavern

as in caves

a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface

a cavern with beautiful stalactites

Synonyms & Similar Words

• caves
• grottoes
• tunnels
• abysses
• pits
• grots
• lairs
• hollows
• mines
• chasms
• bunkers
• antres
• delves
• excavations
• burrows
• wells
• subways
• galleries
• shafts
• shelters
• holes
• dens
• lodges
• gulfs
• foxholes
• crawlways
• dugouts
• coverts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of caverns

Snow rooms, enclosed caverns of ice and snow, sometimes incorporating gently falling flakes, are the latest at-home flex for some of the world’s wealthiest, according to the New York Times. — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026

Discoverers Of Raccoon Mountain Caverns Of course, the caverns pre-date human discovery, but their benefits were being enjoyed even before the caverns were opened. — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 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

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

Moaning Caverns and Calaveras cave tours Calaveras County's caverns offer guided underground tours, dramatic cave formations and a cooler alternative on hot summer days. — CBS News, 18 June 2026

The plan is to compress the green hydrogen gas and pump it deep underground for storage within custom-engineered, lined rock caverns. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026

Wildfires caused by dry spells scorch thousands of acres of dry brush, and sinkholes collapse the ground into empty underground caverns once filled with water. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026