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Synonyms for burying

  • noun

Most common

burial interment

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Noun

burial, interment

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A burial.

Related words

Phrases
burying ground burying beetle

Forms

Plural
buryings → burials, interments…

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Burying, Buried, Hidden, Concealed, Hiding or Concealing?

Whatever is buried is hidden or concealed; but there are many ways of hiding or concealing a thing without burying it.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • burial They dug up Tom's body and gave him a proper burial.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
buryingrising
burialsteady
intermentfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
burial3
9 letters
interment

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (burial3 = 3 syllables).