Synonyms of inter

inter

verb

in-ˈtər 

as in to bury

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea

the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bury
• tomb
• put away
• entomb
• lay
• hide
• inhume
• hearse
• conceal
• obscure
• immure
• curtain
• shield
• enshrine
• shade
• ensconce
• coffin
• inurn
• cover
• enshroud
• reinter
• cloak
• shroud
• rebury

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unearth
• disinter
• show
• display
• exhibit
• exhume
• expose
• burn
• bare
• reveal
• discover
• disclose
• cremate
• uncoffin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inter

Burr Oak was the area’s first cemetery to allow blacks to be interred there, and countless African American families would bury relatives there over the years. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Several individuals had been interred within burial cists made of volcanic tuff. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026

On June 26 of this year, Bloch, a Jew who identified as such only when dealing with anti-Semites, was interred in the Pantheon, the final resting place of so many of France’s great literary and cultural figures. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026