Synonyms for cemetery
ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr iceme·te·ry

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1. cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolisnoun

   a tract of land used for burials

   Synonyms:
   necropolis, graveyard, burying ground, burial site, burial ground, memorial park

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1. cemeterynoun

   Synonyms:
   graveyard, burying-ground, burial-ground, church-yard, necropolis

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1. cemeterynoun

   Synonyms:
   necropolis, god's acre, graveyard, mortuary

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1. List of paraphrases for "cemetery":

   graveyard, cemeteries, graves, tomb, grave, burial, gravesite, tombs, crematorium

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1. Ryan Seidemann:

   When I was out in this community cemetery, I was up to my knees in muck, so finding the purchase for a crane or some other kind of [ machinery ] to get a hold and be able to lift these these heavy weights is going to be a challenge.

2. Tammy Duckworth:

   If President Donald Trump truly cared about the troops President Donald Trump would go visit them in a combat zone, President Donald Trump would go to the cemetery whether it was raining or snowing to honor our heroic dead.

3. Michael Fradley:

   The looting focuses on an area southwest of the ancient city, presumably an extramural cemetery where tombs may contain grave goods.

4. Betty White:

   Gustav Lungfishgot sick from something mysterious and he nearly died. Well he did die in fact, then at the cemetery, Beatrice Lungfish, his wife, kept screaming, ‘He’s alive, he's alive, I can hear him from the grave.'.

5. Alfredo Guzman:

   Chapo has got a closet bigger than a cemetery filled with skeletons. I think he will be the next Pablo Escobar.