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Synonyms for entomb

  • verb

Most common

lay to rest inter bury inhume hide inurn

All synonyms

Verb

1. Inter

inter, inhume, lay to rest, bury

Other

inurn, hide

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To deposit (a corpse) in a tomb.

Related words

Word family
entombment

Forms

Past participle
entombed
e.g. entombed → intered, inhumed, buried, inurned…

Choose the right word

Entomb, Bury or Inter?

Bury may be used of any object, entomb and inter only of a dead body.

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

Example sentences

  • inter My favorite team is Inter Milano in Italy.
  • bury Gray squirrels bury nuts, but red squirrels don't.
  • hide It became so that I had to hide from the landlord.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
entombrising
intersteady
buryrising
inhumesteady
hiderising

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

By length

4 letters
hide1, bury2
5 letters
inter2, inurn
6 letters
inhume

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bury2 = 2 syllables).