buried
Beneath the soil
Buried means placed in the ground and covered, most often referring to the dead: They buried her next to her husband.
The word extends to anything hidden beneath a surface or concealed within something larger: buried treasure, buried in paperwork, The admission was buried in the footnotes.
To bury the hatchet is to make peace.
To bury your head in the sand is to ignore unpleasant realities.
Serious and worrying
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
funeral · graveyard · headstone · mausoleum · crypt · sepulcher · cremation · ashes
Kept out of sight
- camouflagedVisually hidden by coloring
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- shroudedCovered and hidden
cloaked · disguised · masked · covered · secreted · tucked · stashed · cached
Ground matter for planting
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- excavationAct of unearthing
- diggingRemoving earth below
beneath · dirt · ground · tunnel · bedrock · sediment · layers · roots
Held back from expression
- suppressedForcibly held down
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- memoriesStored past experiences
- traumaLasting psychological wound
grief · secrets · past · pain · feelings · denial · subconscious · unresolved
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- besiegedSurrounded by attackers
flooded · deluged · drowning · submerged · overrun · suffocated · avalanche · paperwork
Maritime thieves and raiders
- chestRibcage region or strongbox
- goldElement seventy-nine
- hoardHidden accumulated valuables
- lootStolen valuables
plunder · booty · riches · map · digging · unearthed · cache · stash
Preserved ancient organism traces
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- excavationAct of unearthing
unearthed · ancient · prehistoric · paleontology · civilizations · mummies · pottery · bones
grave
Serious and worrying
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- coffinBurial container for remains
casket · funeral · graveyard · headstone · mausoleum · crypt · sepulcher · cremation · ashes · remains
hidden
Kept out of sight
- camouflagedVisually hidden by coloring
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- veiledConcealed or obscured
shrouded · cloaked · disguised · masked · covered · secreted · tucked · stashed · cached · unseen
soil
Ground matter for planting
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- excavationAct of unearthing
digging · beneath · dirt · ground · tunnel · bedrock · sediment · layers · roots · deep
repressed
Held back from expression
- suppressedForcibly held down
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- memoriesStored past experiences
trauma · grief · secrets · past · pain · feelings · denial · subconscious · unresolved · haunting
swamped
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
besieged · flooded · deluged · drowning · submerged · overrun · suffocated · avalanche · paperwork · deadlines
pirates
Maritime thieves and raiders
loot · plunder · booty · riches · map · digging · unearthed · cache · stash · hidden
fossils
Preserved ancient organism traces
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
excavation · unearthed · ancient · prehistoric · paleontology · civilizations · mummies · pottery · bones · skeletons
- demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, demolished
- Mummy Moviesmummy, curse, ancient curse, bandages, tomb
- undergroundunderground, subterranean, cave systems, tunnels, tunnel
- overloadoverload, overwhelmed, excess, surplus, maxed out
- overwhelmedstressed, overwhelmed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out
- PompeiiPompeii, Vesuvius, Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum, eruption
buriedexhumed
Retrieved from burial
unearthed · disinterred · dug up · unburied · above ground
buriedhighlighted
Marked for emphasis
emphasized · prominent · spotlighted · featured · publicized
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
- buried aliveEntombed before death
- buried the hatchetSettled a dispute peacefully
- burial vaultsSecure chambers for remains
- dead and buriedEntirely finished, past recovery
- burial groundsLand for interring remains