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

The hand positions of those interred also differed. — Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 24 June 2026

Once a donated cadaver can no longer be used by UCSD, the remains are cremated and scattered or interred in a manner consistent with state law, the university says. — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2026

The Gestapo arrested Mahrer in 1942 and interred him at the notoriously cruel Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026

Dad’s passing last December at age 96 meant this month’s holiday was a first with Dad being with his parents and siblings and other family interred at our small-town Catholic cemetery. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026