cemeteries
Where headstones stand
Cemeteries are grounds set aside for burying the dead.
The word emphasizes the place rather than the act—a cemetery is where graves accumulate over time, often with headstones, monuments, and landscaping.
The old cemetery dated back to colonial times.
We visited the military cemetery on Memorial Day.
Serious and worrying
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- plotStoryline or land parcel
coffin · casket · crypt · mausoleum · sepulcher · vault · gravedigger · undertaker
Intense sorrow from loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- bereavementState following loss
- wakePath left in water
eulogy · condolences · remembrance · hearse · procession · flowers · wreath · graveside
Inherited cultural legacy
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
archaeology · genealogy · ancestry · archives · restoration · excavation · conservation · pilgrimage
Made or regarded holy
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- holyDedicated to the divine
churchyard · sanctuary · chapel · religious · eternal rest · sacred ground · hallowed ground · consecrated ground
Undisturbed peacefulness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- solitudeState of being alone
quietude · peaceful · shaded · secluded · overgrown · ivy · willow · cypress
Ancient burial mound
- barrowLoad carrier or tumulus
- cairnMemorial stone pile
- dolmenMegalithic stone tomb
- passage gravePrehistoric corridor-accessed burial chamber
burial mound · cist · cromlech · earthwork · megalith · stone circle · henge · menhir
grave
Serious and worrying
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
plot · coffin · casket · crypt · mausoleum · sepulcher · vault · gravedigger · undertaker · mortician
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- bereavementState following loss
wake · eulogy · condolences · remembrance · hearse · procession · flowers · wreath · graveside · vigil
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
monument · archaeology · genealogy · ancestry · archives · restoration · excavation · conservation · pilgrimage · relics
hallowed
Made or regarded holy
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- blessedReceiving divine favor
holy · churchyard · sanctuary · chapel · religious · eternal rest · sacred ground · hallowed ground · consecrated ground · prayer
tranquility
Undisturbed peacefulness
solitude · quietude · peaceful · shaded · secluded · overgrown · ivy · willow · cypress · wrought iron
tumulus
Ancient burial mound
passage grave · burial mound · cist · cromlech · earthwork · megalith · stone circle · henge · menhir · ancient burial
- gravesgravestones, headstones, gravestone, tombstones, headstone
- LouisianaNew Orleans, Baton Rouge, Bourbon Street, Shreveport, French Quarter
- burial customsburial, burial rites, burials, burial customs, tombs
- burial groundsgraves, tombs, crypts, vaults, churchyards
- collective memorycollective memory, public memory, remembrance, commemoration, commemorations
- European JewsAshkenazi, Sephardic, synagogues, rabbis, Holocaust
cemeteriesmaternity wards
Hospital areas for childbirth
birthing centers · nurseries · delivery rooms · labor and delivery · playgrounds
cemeteriesmaternity wards
Hospital areas for childbirth
birthing centers · delivery rooms · nurseries · cribs · wombs
cemeteriesmarketplaces
Venues for commercial exchange
fairgrounds · stadiums · amusement parks · dance halls · nightclubs
- military cemeteriesBurial grounds for servicemembers
- pet cemeteriesBurial grounds for companions
- national cemeteriesFederal sites for veterans' graves
- war cemeteriesBurial sites for soldiers
- historic cemeteriesPreserved old graveyards