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

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

After his lie in state honor at the Idaho Capitol and a public funeral in May, Kempthorne was interred at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise. — Kevin Fixler june 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026

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