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

Our first stop was the cemetery where Dottie’s grandmother was buried, in the town of Bloomingburg. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Zwicker said cemeteries can be places with amazing artwork that visitors will find. — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Colorful flowers adorn select burial plaques, and sometimes a miniature casket sits open in the cemetery for people to pay their respects to the departed. — Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026

Last year, Works petitioned a county court in Tennessee to exhume the body of Randolph’s son from a Nashville cemetery, with the goal of extracting DNA that Works believes might clear Thomas Jefferson’s name. — Andrew Lawler, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026