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Synonyms for exhume

Most common

dig up unearth disinter unbury disentomb

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

    The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.

Related words

Word family
exhumation

Forms

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

Example sentences

  • unearth Let's unearth the sweet potatoes.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
exhumerising
unearthrising
disintersteady
unburysteady
disentombsteady

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

By length

6 letters
unbury
7 letters
unearth2
8 letters
disinter
9 letters
disentomb

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unearth2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
exhumer
Italiano
esumare
Deutsch
exhumieren