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Synonyms for disinter

Most common

dig up excavate exhume unbury

All synonyms

Verb

1. Exhume — to take out of the grave or tomb

exhume, dig up, excavate, unbury, disentomb

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To take out of the grave or tomb.

Related words

Word family
disinterment

Forms

Past participle
disinterred
e.g. disinterred → exhumed, excavated, unburied, disentombed…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
disintersteady
excavatesteady
exhumerising
unburysteady

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

By length

6 letters
exhume2, unbury
8 letters
excavate3
9 letters
disentomb

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exhume2 = 2 syllables).