Synonyms of cemetery

cemetery

noun

ˈse-mə-ˌter-ē 

as in graveyard

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

• graveyard
• churchyard
• mausoleum
• tomb
• necropolis
• boneyard
• memorial park
• catacombs
• potter's field
• God's acre
• grave
• crypt
• vault
• sepulchre
• sepulture

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cemetery

Olmsted also designed cemeteries, campuses, and garden-city suburbs. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

The sheriff's office says the cemetery sustained around $50,000 in damage. — Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

The parties’ local branches instead proposed that future Holocaust commemorations should be kept at the town’s memorial site at its northern cemetery, German media report. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Cibele and Maria Elisabete were buried together in a joint ceremony at a local cemetery, per the outlets. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026