Synonyms of tombs

tombs 1 of 2

noun

plural of tomb

as in graves

a final resting place for a dead person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• graves
• burials
• cemeteries
• sepulchres
• churchyards
• mausoleums
• graveyards
• vaults
• catacombs
• crypts
• columbaria
• sepultures
• tumuli
• charnels
• barrows
• mounds
• potter's fields

tombs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tomb

as in inters

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

• inters
• buries
• entombs
• hearses
• hides
• puts away
• inhumes
• lays
• shields
• immures
• coffins
• enshrines
• curtains
• shades
• conceals
• shrouds
• cloaks
• ensconces
• obscures
• enshrouds
• inurns
• covers
• reinters
• reburies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exhumes
• unearths
• disinters
• exhibits
• reveals
• displays
• shows
• burns
• cremates
• discloses
• exposes
• discovers
• bares
• uncoffins

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tombs

Noun

In August 2025, utility workers digging trenches for a natural gas project in Lima, Peru, uncovered two 1,000-year-old tombs in a single day. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Caere’s cemeteries hold thousands of tombs recording Etruscan societal structures and religious beliefs. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026

While studying the tombs, the archaeologists found more than 1,000 cannabis seeds. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026

Its paths stretch across 478 hilly acres, winding beside tombs belonging to iconic figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Leonard Bernstein. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026

However, his excavations focused largely on major artifacts while leaving other parts of the tombs unexplored and inadequately documented. — Anne Doran For Artnews, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026

The Community Panteón, or cemetery, provided four-by-four space and mock tombs for people to personalize. — Rick West, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Still, further research is needed to fully explain the motives and rationale behind the reuse of pagan tombs and sarcophagi during the medieval Christian period, Roffey told CNN in an email. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

Carter’s artistic talents had landed him in Egypt at the age of 17, where his skills were put to use recording treasures being unearthed in tombs around the country. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Nov. 2026