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graveyard

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of graveyard

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 of graveyard

boneyard, cemetery, God's acre, memorial park, necropolis, potterʼs field
Words Related to graveyard

catacombs, churchyard

crypt, grave, mausoleum, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb, vault

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