cemetery

Noun

Meaning

A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

memorial park necropolis graveyard burial ground burying ground burial site sepulcher Cairo golgotha interment crematorium pantheon crematory grave burial

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Antonyms

house home city household residence apartment

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Hypernyms

site land site

Hyponyms

potter's field

Phrases with the word

underground cemetery kerameikos cemetery cemetery plot human cemetery cemetery desire at the cemetery

Derivatives

cemeteries

Examples

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Steve Jobs

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me. Steve Jobs

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. Harold Wilson

A cemetery never refuses a corpse. Lebanese Proverb

Every one has his place: the dead in the cemetery and the living at the table. Benin Proverb

Those that dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cementy cemeterial cemeterian cemetery caretaker cemetery desire cemetery gun