Synonyms of cemeteries

cemeteries

noun

plural of cemetery

as in graveyards

a piece of land used for burying the dead

many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• graveyards
• churchyards
• tombs
• mausoleums
• necropolises
• boneyards
• memorial parks
• catacombs
• graves
• potter's fields
• God's acres
• crypts
• vaults
• sepulchres
• sepultures

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cemeteries

Brazee alleged the suspects have also hit cemeteries in Oklahoma, Minnesota, Texas, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina and New York. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Both my wife and I always considered artificial flowers tacky and not appropriate for cemeteries, even though lots of people decorate gravesites with them. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

Artists and photographers regularly capture it, and Heicher says there are even gravestones in local cemeteries with images of the bridge etched into them. — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Hale, a necrologist who originally focused on the graves of Union Civil War veterans, was hired by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s to survey burial plots at more than 2,000 cemeteries across Connecticut. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

Author and photographer Paul Koudounaris has spent more than a decade researching and photographing pet cemeteries and studying the connections between people and animals. — Felicia Feaster, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Mowing at both cemeteries allots $30,550 for 13 cuts over a 26-week period, which conflicts with weekly and bi-weekly contracts for downtown areas, and six-week maintenance periods at ponds and other sites. — Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

In one instance, kurgans of an elite man and his grandchildren were found at different cemeteries more than 60 miles (nearly 100 kilometers) apart. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion, churches, monasteries, mosques, synagogues, prayer houses, cemeteries, and religious schools have been damaged or destroyed. — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026