Synonyms of crypts

crypts

noun

plural of crypt

as in tombs

an underground burial chamber

the old church's crypt is the final resting place for the president and his beloved wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tombs
• vaults
• catacombs
• mausoleums
• sepulchres
• sepultures

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crypts

One captures a white concrete community mausoleum, its crypts often empty, like absent teeth cavities, its coffins stolen presumably for anything valuable inside. — John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026

In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel - an old associate of El Mencho - and Arturo Beltrán Leyva. — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026

In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel — an old associate of El Mencho — and Arturo Beltrán Leyva. — ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026

Roughly 400 are interred in crypts, about 300 in niches, and approximately 15,000 in traditional burial plots. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026

After meeting me at the airport, my guide, Timur Madaminov, brought me to the Mizdaqhan necropolis, a collection of crypts and mausoleums stacked on a hillside like adobe building blocks. — Michael Snyder, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2025