SEPULTURE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

sepulture

noun

ˈse-pəl-ˌchu̇r

Definition of sepulture

as in tomb

a final resting place for a dead person opened the sepulture and examined the mummy

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as in burial

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed

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Noun

The drug was likely used in a burial ritual at a tomb discovered in what is now Siberia.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026
The team from Germany, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland said analysis of hair in the royal tomb where cannabis seeds turned up sheds new light on the plant's role in ancient societies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of tomb

Noun

There are just under 5,000 burial vaults (all above ground), which include imposing mausoleums made of marble.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
The researchers suggest that low-oxygen burial conditions at the site may have limited the breakdown of organic material, helping the structures survive.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of burial

Noun

Multiple speakers, including some with family members in the cemetery, cited a Washington Post analysis that the arch would cast shadows on thousands of graves.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
An effort to escape himself, or to dig his own shallow, silty grave?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of grave

Noun

For one minute during his funeral, as a mark of respect, all Bell telephone service across America stopped.

— Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The station’s guard, Mohammed al-Nour, was killed, and a large crowd from the city attended his funeral, Wadaa said.

— Hamza Fahmy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

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