Synonyms of tomb

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noun

ˈtüm 

as in burial

a final resting place for a dead person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

tomb

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verb

as in to bury

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 & Similar Words

• bury
• inter
• entomb
• put away
• lay
• hide
• hearse
• inhume
• coffin
• immure
• conceal
• enshrine
• curtain
• shield
• shroud
• cloak
• shade
• obscure
• rebury
• reinter
• ensconce
• enshroud
• inurn
• cover

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unearth
• exhume
• disinter
• exhibit
• burn
• show
• reveal
• display
• discover
• bare
• disclose
• cremate
• expose
• uncoffin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tomb

Noun

Weapons are also commonly discovered in these tombs, but not only next to royal men. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026

The ad’s most provocative image was of American soldiers’ tombs at the Arlington National Cemetery. — Harry Booth, Time, 17 July 2026

Verb

The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif. — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026

Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb. — Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023