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tomb

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tomb

a final resting place for a dead person

explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries

Synonyms of tomb

burial, grave, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture

Words Related to tomb

catacomb, charnel (also charnel house), columbarium, crypt, mausoleum, vault

cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, potter's field

barrow, mound, tumulus

tomb

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tomb

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea

Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity

Synonyms of tomb

bury, entomb, hearse, inhume, inter, lay, put away

Words Related to tomb

conceal, cover, ensconce, hide

obscure, shade, shield

cloak, curtain, enshroud, shroud

rebury, reinter

Near Antonyms of tomb

bare, disclose, discover, display, exhibit, expose, reveal, show

Antonyms of tomb

disinter, exhume, unearth

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