Synonyms of graveyard

graveyard

noun

ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 

as in cemetery

a piece of land used for burying the dead

reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of graveyard

The casualties of picking wrong fill the YC fintech graveyard. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Back home, women prepare chapatis and visit graveyards carrying flowers and prayers for deceased relatives. — Umar Farooq, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026

For the three children of the stranger who had returned to seek refuge, fifteen years had passed between the collective joy of independence and the personal tragedy of burying their father in a graveyard already full of their uncles’ memories. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

The same play-offs that had proved to be the graveyard of York’s promotion hopes at the semi-final stage 12 months earlier beckoned. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026