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Synonyms for graveyard
ˈgreɪvˌyɑrdgrave·yard
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graveyardnoun
Synonyms:
churchyard, cemetery, burial-ground, necropolisgraveyardnoun
A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
Synonyms:
burial-ground, churchyard, necropolis, cemeterygraveyardnoun
A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
Synonyms:
cemetery, churchyard, burial-ground, necropolis
Princeton's WordNet
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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Dictionary of English Synonymes
graveyardnoun
Synonyms:
cemetery, necropolis, mortuary, churchyard, burial-ground, burying-ground
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #5823 | cemetery | |
| #8065 | grave | |
| #11772 | tomb | |
| #20018 | graveyard | |
| #47703 | churchyard | |
| #78047 | necropolis |
How to use graveyard in a sentence?
It's no accident that the church and the graveyard stand side by side. The city of the dead sleeps encircled by the city of the living.
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.
The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
Calvin Coolidge or Woodrow Wilson:
Changing a college curriculum is like moving a graveyard--you never know how many friends the dead have until you try to move them!
Afghanistan is the Graveyard of Empires. Afghanistan is a swamp, the more you move, the more you bog down.
Translations for graveyard
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- begraafplek, begraafplaasAfrikaans
- مقبرة, مدفنArabic
- məzarlıqAzerbaijani
- зыяратBashkir
- могілкі, могільнік, магіліцы, цвінтарBelarusian
- гробищеBulgarian
- cementiri, tenca d'hora, camp santCatalan, Valencian
- кешнашChechen
- hřbitov, pohřebiště, krchovCzech
- claddfa, corfflan, mynwentWelsh
- kirkegårdDanish
- Leichenhof, Kirchhof, Friedhof, Gottesacker, BegräbnisplatzGerman
- νεκροταφείο, κοιμητήριοGreek
- tombejo, enterigejoEsperanto
- panteón, campo santo, cementerioSpanish
- surnuaedEstonian
- kanposantu, hilerriBasque
- گورستان, قبرستانPersian
- kalmisto, hautuumaa, hautausmaaFinnish
- cimetièreFrench
- tsjerkhôfWestern Frisian
- cill, reiligIrish
- cladhScottish Gaelic
- camposanto, cemiterioGalician
- ruillickManx
- בית עולם, בית קברותHebrew
- क़ब्रिस्तान, गोरिस्तान, समाधिक्षेत्रHindi
- temetőHungarian
- գերեզմանոցArmenian
- cemeterioInterlingua
- pekuburan, kubur, makam, pusaraIndonesian
- enterigeyo, tombeyoIdo
- kirkjugarði, grafreiturIcelandic
- camposanto, cimiteroItalian
- 墓, 墓場, 墓地, 霊園Japanese
- სასაფლაოGeorgian
- зиратKazakh
- ទីប៉ាឆាKhmer
- 묘지Korean
- көрүстөн, мазарKyrgyz
- coemeteriumLatin
- kierfechtLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- kapinėsLithuanian
- kapsētaLatvian
- urupāMāori
- гробиштаMacedonian
- သုသာန်Burmese
- kerkhof, begraafplaatsDutch
- kirkegård, gravlund, leggplassNorwegian
- cementèri, sagratOccitan
- cmentarzPolish
- cemitérioPortuguese
- santeri, sunteri, santieriRomansh
- țintirim, cimitirRomanian
- кладбищеRussian
- pokopalište, мезарје, groblje, гробље, mezarje, гробиштe, пoкoпaлиштe, grobišteSerbo-Croatian
- cintorínSlovak
- britof, pokopališčeSlovene
- varrezëAlbanian
- pakuburanSundanese
- begravningsplats, kyrkogårdSwedish
- гӯристонTajik
- ที่ฝังศพ, สุสาน, ป่าช้าThai
- mazarlyk, mazarçylykTurkmen
- kabristan, mezarlıkTurkish
- цвинтар, кладовище, кіркутUkrainian
- قبرستان, گورستانUrdu
- goʻriston, qabristonUzbek
- nghĩa địa, nghĩa trangVietnamese
- sepülemöp, sepülamöp, deadanöp, funafeilVolapük
- aite, cimintireWalloon
- צווינטער, בית עולםYiddish
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