STONES Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of stone

as in tombstones

a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased an engraved stone identified the grave as that of a man who had died in the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19

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verb

present tense third-person singular of stone

as in sharpens

to make sharp or sharper the diorama showed a villager stoning a scythe

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Recent Examples of stones

Noun

Lunar regolith, a loose agglomeration of volcanic ash, grit, stones and boulders, covers the moon to depths of perhaps 65 feet, topped by a thin layer of gritty, sharp volcanic dust. —

Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026 Chopra Jonas wore the finished piece with Bvlgari jewelry, including a diamond necklace set with green stones. —

Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 10 May 2026 Pea gravel paired with stepping stones is a beautiful solution to this woe. —

Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 10 May 2026 Sterling silver, solid gold, and pieces with genuine stones, especially if they're signed or have a designer hallmark, can carry significant resale value. —

Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 10 May 2026 Those bricks and stones surround the fountain. —

Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026 Queen Mary of Denmark’s ring, for example, was inspired by the Danish flag, while Prince Philip proposed to Queen Elizabeth with a ring made from stones once used in a tiara worn by his mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg. —

Ilana Frost, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 The stones in its foundation were laid with sarooj, a traditional mortar (material used to bind bricks and stones during construction). —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026 This rock hollowed out by erosion and walled up with stones was likely used by shepherds as a shelter near the historic Sardinian village of Tempio Pausania. —

IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026

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Noun

Workmen are erecting identical marble tombstones.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
In 1975, the museum purchased his work Georgia Gate, a structure of fluidly bent pine staves inspired by photos of Georgia tombstones the artist saw in musicologist Marshall Stearns’s 1970 book The Story of Jazz.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Mar. 2026