inters

Lays to rest

Inters is the third-person singular of inter, meaning to bury a body in the earth or a tomb: The cemetery inters about fifty people a year.

The word is formal and appears mainly in official or ceremonial contexts.

It contrasts with disinter, to dig up.

burial

grave

Serious and worrying

  • tombUnderground chamber for remains
  • cemeteryPlace for interring remains
  • graveyardPlot for interring the dead

coffin · casket · earth · soil · inhumation · entombment · sepulture · crypt · mausoleum · plot

funeral

mourning

Period following loss

wake · hearse · pallbearers · procession · condolences · obituary · rites · service · cortege · viewing

memorial

remembrance

Act of holding something in mind

monument · plaque · cenotaph · headstone · tombstone · epitaph · legacy · dedication · homage · reverence

repose

rest

Cessation of activity

quietude · stillness · eternal · final · sleep · peaceful · undisturbed · gentle · calm · solace

Opposites
burial action

intersexhumes

Unearths buried remains

disinters · unearths · digs up · retrieves · removes

Phrases
Family

inter, disinter, interment, interred, interring, interments, disinterred, disinterring, reinterred

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG