Synonyms of mausoleums

mausoleums

noun

variants or mausolea

plural of mausoleum

as in monuments

a stone building with places for the dead bodies of several people or the body of an important person

The cemetery has many mausoleums for some of the cites most notable families.

Related Words

• monuments
• tombs
• graves
• memorials
• cathedrals
• towers
• palaces
• edifices
• crypts
• vaults
• structures
• sepulchers
• chambers
• halls
• constructions
• mansions
• villas
• estates
• erections
• manors
• castles
• haciendas
• châteaus
• showplaces
• manor houses
• countryseats

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mausoleums

The shovel now hangs above a massive fireplace in Digger’s mansion, one of those lavish, sprawling estates that the wealthy build as monuments to themselves and which invariably become mausoleums. — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Near present-day Trujillo, Chan Chan was the biggest city of the Americas in its prime, complete with gardens, plazas, pyramids, and mausoleums spread across nine square miles. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Stroll through the grounds for free and admire the intricate headstones and mausoleums. — Krista Simmons, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026

Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi pleaded guilty and was convicted in 2016 for destroying historic mausoleums in Timbuktu. — Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026

The forts, palaces, gardens, mosques, mausoleums, and even cities that Mughal rulers commissioned reflect their ambition and affluence as much as their tastes and sensibilities. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026

And then there was the glass—the architect loved the flora and fauna of the city and wanted to bring it into the museum, which is not typical of your encyclopedic mausoleums to culture, walled off from the outside world. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026

In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel - an old associate of El Mencho - and Arturo Beltrán Leyva. — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026

In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel — an old associate of El Mencho — and Arturo Beltrán Leyva. — ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026