Synonyms for graveyard
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Noun
1. Cemetery — A tract of land in which the dead are buried
cemetery, church-yard, burial ground, necropolis, memorial park US, burying ground dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
Forms
- Plural
- graveyards → cemeteries, church-yards, necropolises, suicides…
Example sentences
- cemetery I try to avoid walking by the cemetery after dark.
- suicide The poet attempted to commit suicide in his study.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| graveyard | rising | |
| cemetery | rising | |
| necropolis | rising | |
| suicide | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- suicide3
- 8 letters
- cemetery4
- 10 letters
- necropolis4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (suicide3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- cimetière
- Italiano
- cimitero
- Español
- cementerio
- Deutsch
- Friedhof
- Català
- cementiri