burier
One who inters
A burier is someone or something that buries.
The word appears most often in figurative contexts—a burier of secrets, a burier of grudges—since literal grave-digging has more specific terms.
Time is the great burier of scandals.
funeral
One who digs burial plots
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- morticianFuneral home professional
- pallbearerFuneral coffin transporter
- sextonChurch building caretaker
gravedigger
One who digs burial plots
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- morticianFuneral home professional
- pallbearerFuneral coffin transporter
hider
One who conceals themselves
- concealerCosmetic for hiding flaws
- stasherOne who conceals belongings
- smugglerIllegal goods transporter
coverer · disguiser · masker · shielder · obscurer · screener
concealment vs. revelation of remains
burierexhumer
One who unearths burials
grave robber · body snatcher · resurrection man · resurrectionist
- 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