Antonyms for tombstone
ˈtumˌstoʊntomb·stone

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1. tombstonenoun

   Synonyms:
   halmos, headstone, gravestone

2. tombstonenoun

   For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.

   Synonyms:
   gravestone, halmos, headstone

3. tombstonenoun

   The symbol marking the end of a proof.

   Synonyms:
   headstone, gravestone, halmos

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1. • Memorial
   • Stone

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.4 / 12 votes

1. gravestone, headstone, tombstonenoun

   a stone that is used to mark a grave

   Synonyms:
   key, keystone, gravestone, headstone

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1. tombstonenoun

   Synonyms:
   monument, cenotaph (honoring one buried elsewhere)

   Associated words:
   sepulchral, epitaph, lapidary

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. non gravestone

   not a gravestone

   not a gravestone

   Submitted by Notagravestone on October 15, 2019  

How to use tombstone in a sentence?

1. Rudyard Kipling:

   And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased, and the epitaph drear: A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East.

2. Harry S Truman:

   I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have.

3. John Christian Bovee:

   Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

4. Judge Gorsuch:

   What I try to point out is … it’s not how big your bank account balance is -- nobody ever puts that in their draft obituary -- or that they billed the most hours, or that they won the most cases. It’s how they treated other people along the way, for me, [ I think of the ] the words I read [ just ] yesterday from Increase Sumner’s tombstone. I ’d like to be remembered as a good dad, a good husband, kind and mild in private life, dignified and firm in public life... I have no illusions that I ’ll be remembered for very long.

5. Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

   The measures will be a tombstone for growth prospects.

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