epitaph
Grave marker text
An epitaph is an inscription on a tomb or gravestone commemorating the person buried there.
By extension, it can be any brief statement honoring the dead, or a fitting final summation of someone's life or work: His last failed venture was a fitting epitaph for his career.
The related word epithet is sometimes confused with epitaph.
Memorial stone at grave
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
sepulcher · mausoleum · crypt · vault · plot · interment · grave marker · necropolis
Memorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
lettering · monument · plaque · marker · granite · marble · slate · chisel
Poem lamenting the departed
- dirgeMournful commemorative music
- requiemMass for the deceased
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
- lamentMournful expression of grief
verse · couplet · poetry · rhyme · prose · aphorism · quotation · final words
Act of honoring memory
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- tributeOffering of respect
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
in memoriam · deceased · honoring · dedication · testimonial · recognition · keepsake · monument
Act of holding something in mind
- posterityFuture generations collectively
- final statementConcluding spoken or written declaration
- summationAdding to find total
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
tombstone
Memorial stone at grave
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- burialPlacing deceased underground
headstone · sepulcher · mausoleum · crypt · vault · plot · interment · grave marker · necropolis · churchyard
tombstone
Memorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- carvingShaping by cutting away
etching · lettering · monument · plaque · marker · granite · marble · slate · chisel · stonecutter
elegy
Poem lamenting the departed
lament · verse · couplet · poetry · rhyme · prose · aphorism · quotation · final words · famous last words
commemoration
Act of honoring memory
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- tributeOffering of respect
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
obituary · in memoriam · deceased · honoring · dedication · testimonial · recognition · keepsake · monument · cenotaph
remembrance
Act of holding something in mind
- posterityFuture generations collectively
- final statementConcluding spoken or written declaration
- summationAdding to find total
- grave markersheadstone, gravestone, tombstone, grave marker, footstone
- poetry typeshaiku, sonnet, limerick, ballad, ode
- Greek epigramsepigram, epigrams, Leonidas, garland, lemma
- biographybirth, death date, autobiography, life story, biography
- cemeteriescemetery, graves, grave, burial, headstones
- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
epitaphbirth announcement
Notice of newborn's arrival
prologue · birth certificate · first words · inaugural address · welcome message