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

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

The National Flag Foundation sent an American flag to all the states, territories and military cemeteries around the world. — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 1 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

University of Oxford ancient DNA researcher Ruairidh Macleod and his colleagues recently sequenced the telltale bacterial DNA in teeth from plague victims at four ancient cemeteries in the area around Russia’s Lake Baikal. — ArsTechnica, 18 June 2026

Willerslev and other researchers looked for traces of plague-causing bacteria in remains from four cemeteries near Siberia's Lake Baikal. — ABC News, 17 June 2026