Synonyms for graveyard
ˈgreɪvˌyɑrdgrave·yard

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1. graveyardnoun

   Synonyms:
   churchyard, cemetery, burial-ground, necropolis

2. graveyardnoun

   A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

   Synonyms:
   burial-ground, churchyard, necropolis, cemetery

3. graveyardnoun

   A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.

   Synonyms:
   cemetery, churchyard, burial-ground, necropolis

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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, burying ground, burial site, cemetery, burial ground, memorial park

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1. graveyardnoun

   Synonyms:
   cemetery, necropolis, mortuary, churchyard, burial-ground, burying-ground

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1. List of paraphrases for "graveyard":

   cemetery, tomb, grave

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How to use graveyard in a sentence?

1. Andrew Adeleke:

   The church is not supposed to be a graveyard, it is supposed to be a temple of celebration and worship and the beauty is to be able to express our love to God, even when things are not perfect in our lives.

2. Aula Bahadur Ale:

   It looks like a graveyard here, even those houses that have not been flattened have developed cracks. People are too afraid to go into them. We are still feeling the aftershocks that makes people terrified.

3. J. Frank Dobie:

   The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

4. Steve Brusatte:

   We read reports about a German geology student who in the 1970s found fragments of bone, but didn't know what to make of them, we went back to the site and found that there weren't just a few fragments, but a mass graveyard!

5. Chuck Schumer:

   Make no mistake : the era of Mitch McConnell's legislative graveyard is over.