Synonyms for funeral

Most common

memorial service · burial · interment · obsequies

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.

   Many mourners turned up at the local artist's funeral to pay homage.

Related words

Word family

funerary funereal

Phrases

funeral director funeral home funeral march funeral parlor funeral potatoes funeral pyre funeral rite pauper's funeral

Forms

Plural

funerals → interments, burials, obsequies…

Example sentences

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

Popularity over time

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

By length

6 letters

burial³

7 letters

obsequy

9 letters

interment, obsequies

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

In other languages

Français

funérailles

Italiano

funerale

Español

funeral

Català

funeral