Synonyms of sepulture

sepulture

noun

1

as in tomb

a final resting place for a dead person

opened the sepulture and examined the mummy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tomb
• burial
• grave
• sepulcher
• cemetery
• sepulchre
• churchyard
• vault
• mausoleum
• graveyard
• crypt
• catacomb
• charnel
• columbarium
• charnel house
• tumulus
• barrow
• mound
• potter's field

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burial
• funeral
• interment
• inhumation
• obsequies
• entombment
• burying
• interring
• entombing
• embalmment
• obsequy
• reinterment
• inurnment
• reburial
• immurement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exhumation
• cremation
• disinterment
• unearthing