Synonyms of graves

graves 1 of 2

noun

plural of grave

1

as in tombs

a final resting place for a dead person

the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tombs
• cemeteries
• burials
• sepulchres
• churchyards
• graveyards
• mausoleums
• vaults
• crypts
• catacombs
• columbaria
• sepultures
• tumuli
• barrows
• mounds
• charnels
• potter's fields

2

as in deaths

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

a rock star who found his early grave in a plane crash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deaths
• fates
• demises
• passings
• curtains
• deceases
• dooms
• passages
• sleeps
• dissolutions
• suicides
• exits
• expirations
• ends
• ruins
• fatalities
• assassinations
• casualties
• great divides
• quietuses
• destructions
• martyrdoms
• killings
• endings
• expiries
• executions
• massacres
• exterminations
• annihilations
• slaughters
• self-slaughters
• self-murders
• self-destructions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• births
• lives
• existences
• nativities
• creations
• rises
• originations
• geneses

graves

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of grave

as in etches

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface

the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• etches
• engraves
• inscribes
• traces
• sculpts
• carves
• incises
• sculptures
• insculps
• chisels
• indents
• grooves
• notches
• affixes
• scores
• chases
• impresses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of graves

Noun

These included a child buried face down, a skeleton positioned as in a crucifixion, graves with stones placed around the skull as if to prevent biting or movement, as well as other graves with sickles and padlocks. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Venture just beyond downtown to Mount Moriah Cemetery, where Calamity Jane lies buried next to Wild Bill Hickok; paths through the pines lead to the graves of pioneers and other Wild West figures, like Seth Bullock. — Jacqueline Kehoe, Midwest Living, 19 Aug. 2026

Scottish, probably Skeleton 150 was one of nine people found in graves beneath the castle’s medieval chapel, to the surprise of renovation workers, in 1997. — ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026

The narrative begins with a prologue in which a man mows grass in a cemetery dotted with twenty-four unmarked graves. — Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair, 13 Aug. 2026

Family members have alleged that fence posts were driven into graves and said the fence has restricted access to the cemetery. — Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

My grandparents are buried side by side in a small village in northwestern Haiti, where their graves absorb the salty wind from the Atlantic Ocean. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Together, the three graves belonged to pets named Hollie, Dollie and Carlie. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026

Ask for a map at the gate to find the graves and pay your respects. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026

Verb

In one cemetery, families of deceased cartel operatives erected graves the size of suburban homes. — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Aprendi no que consiste o verdadeiro alimento há muitos anos, quando tive problemas estomacais tão graves que só conseguia reter os alimentos mais básicos. — Blithe Holcomb Hogan, Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2026

Las acciones de Google son especialmente insensibles y graves ante el cierre administrativo temporal del gobierno (shutdown), ignorando las peticiones de funcionarios gubernamentales y organizaciones hispanas que les solicitaron mantener la programación de Univision en el paquete principal. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025