Synonyms of graveyards

graveyards

noun

plural of graveyard

as in cemeteries

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

• cemeteries
• churchyards
• boneyards
• necropolises
• tombs
• mausoleums
• memorial parks
• catacombs
• potter's fields
• graves
• crypts
• God's acres
• vaults
• sepulchres
• sepultures

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of graveyards

More than 80 years after the end of World War II, one of Europe’s largest wartime graveyards is once again emerging from the water. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

The desert — churned, sucked, and acid-washed — rests in these graveyards of the Anthropocene. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026

The largest and deepest of these whale graveyards was discovered in the Diamantina Fracture Zone—a deep-sea trench located about 1,400 km (about 870 miles) off the coast of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026

These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters. — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026

Scientists who recently piloted a submersible to a remote spot in the southeastern Indian Ocean have identified one of the largest and deepest whale graveyards containing hundreds of fossils, including one representing a previously unknown species. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 12 June 2026

Tidy Entryways and Mudrooms Mudrooms and entryways can be graveyards of clutter. — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026

The urge to tame big corporate landlords is bubbling over among locals in woodsy Paulding County, Georgia, an Atlanta exurb where church steeples and old graveyards punctuate the rolling hills, and an 18-foot fiberglass Wonder Woman waves at drivers. — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026

Cities took on the atmosphere of graveyards, and mourning black became the dominant color of daily life. — Shahrnush Parsipur, Time, 3 Feb. 2026