INTER Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of inter In forensic anthropology, this conclusion typically follows analysis of bone condition, degradation and other physical markers that help specialists estimate how long remains have been interred or stored. —

Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026 Later, the victims’ ashes were interred in a modest columbarium that the priest had built in a Catholic cemetery. —

Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026 While ancient populations in West Asia were very mobile and genetically diverse, Jiang says the people interred in the mass grave did not appear to be locals. —

Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026 Afterward, Brennan will be interred at Blue Springs Cemetery, near his best friend Patrick Thomas McCarthy, who died in 2011, and close family friend Valerie Potter. —

Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inter

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bury

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The houses, deemed radioactive, had been levelled and buried, along with the apple orchard.

— Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Glen Powell had to face his fears about the face of Hulu’s Chad Powers as co-creator, executive producer and star, even if that face typically is literally buried under layers of prosthetics.

— Scott Huver, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2026