What is another word for grave?
848 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɡɹˈe͡ɪv], [ ɡɹˈeɪv], [ ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_v]
The word "grave" can be used in different contexts, and there are a variety of synonyms that could be used to describe it. When referring to a burial site or place, "cemetery," "mausoleum," or "tomb" can be used. For situations that are serious or solemn, "solemn," "serious," "weighty," or "momentous" could be appropriate. Additionally, for situations that are grim or dangerous, "dire," "grim," "serious," or "threatening" could be used. For describing someone as serious or stern, "stern," "grave," or "serious-minded" could be applicable. Depending on the context and tone, there are a range of synonyms that can be used in place of "grave".
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Similar words for grave:
- big league (adjective)
- critical (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- funereal (adjective)
- heavy (adjective)
- heightened (adjective)
- learned (adjective)
- major (adjective)
- material (adjective)
- no-nonsense (adjective)
- ruminative (adjective)
- saturnine (adjective)
- serious (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- sober (adjective)
- sobersided (adjective)
- acute (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- austere (adjective)
- bad (adjective)
- consequential (adjective)
- dignified (adjective)
- earnest (adjective)
- grand (adjective)
- grievous (adjective)
- heavyweight (adjective)
- heinous (adjective)
- hellfire (adjective)
- important (adjective)
- major-league (adjective)
- momentous (adjective)
- mortal (adjective)
- onerous (adjective)
- pensive (adjective)
- sad (adjective)
- sedate (adjective)
- serious; gloomy (adjective)
- solemn (adjective)
- somber (adjective)
- staid (adjective)
- subdued (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- ugly (adjective)
- venerable (adjective)
- very important (adjective)
- weighty (adjective)
- boneyard (noun)
- burial ground (noun)
- burial place (noun)
- crypt (noun)
- dangerous (noun)
- death (noun)
- grave (noun)
- hell (noun)
- living hell (noun)
- mausoleum (noun)
- shrine (noun)
- vault (noun)
- carve (verb)
- engrave (verb)
- etch (verb)
- box
- burial ground
- coffin
- engrave
- exalted
- gravestone
- importunate
- insistent
- middle-aged
- morose
- tomb
- vault
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Grave:
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adj.
• big league • critical • deep • funereal • heavy • heightened- te ,
- in tensive ,
- in-tensive ,
- ter .
- ad rem ,
- applicative ,
- pointful ,
- in dispensable ,
- in-dispensable ,
- more applicative ,
- more pointful ,
- most applicative ,
- most pointful .
- demure ,
- go for broke ,
- grim ,
- intense ,
- long-faced ,
- no joke ,
- no laughing matter ,
- of consequence ,
- out for blood ,
- smoking ,
- somber ,
- unamusing ,
- unhumorous ,
- Operose ,
- feller ,
- unsmiling .
- ex acting ,
- ex-acting ,
- forbidding ,
- formal ,
- in exorable ,
- in flexible ,
- in-exorable ,
- in-flexible ,
- stern ,
- un feeling ,
- un relenting ,
- un-feeling ,
- un-relenting .
- highfalutin ,
- more distingue ,
- most distingue ,
- most respected ,
- re fined ,
- re served ,
- re-served ,
- up right ,
- up-right .
- in tent ,
- more no fooling ,
- more no-fooling ,
- more nofooling ,
- more resolved ,
- most no fooling ,
- most no-fooling ,
- most nofooling ,
- most resolved ,
- nofooling ,
- re solute ,
- re solved ,
- re-solute ,
- re-solved .
- dis quieting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- egregious ,
- heart rending ,
- in tolerable ,
- in-tolerable ,
- more afflicting ,
- more heart rending ,
- more heart-rending ,
- more wounding ,
- most afflicting ,
- most heart rending ,
- most heart-rending ,
- most wounding ,
- un bearable ,
- un-bearable ,
- up setting ,
- up-setting .
- beastlier ,
- beastliest ,
- heinous ,
- horrendous ,
- in famous ,
- more godawful ,
- most godawful ,
- un speakable ,
- un-speakable ,
- unspeakable .
- big-name ,
- big-wig ,
- considerable ,
- crucial ,
- distinguished ,
- eminent ,
- high-powered ,
- importunate ,
- influential ,
- notable ,
- noteworthy ,
- of moment ,
- prominent ,
- salient ,
- world-shaking .
- earth shaking ,
- earth shattering ,
- epochal ,
- memorable ,
- more earth shaking ,
- more earth shattering ,
- more earth-shaking ,
- more earth-shattering ,
- more earthshaking ,
- more earthshattering ,
- more epochal ,
- most earth shaking ,
- most earth shattering ,
- most earth-shaking ,
- most earth-shattering ,
- most earthshaking ,
- most earthshattering ,
- most epochal .
- death dealing ,
- deathdealing ,
- more death dealing ,
- more death-dealing ,
- more deathdealing ,
- more ending ,
- more killing ,
- more mortiferous ,
- more pestilent ,
- most death dealing ,
- most death-dealing ,
- most deathdealing ,
- most ending ,
- most killing ,
- most mortiferous ,
- murderous ,
- remorseless .
- galling ,
- more crushing ,
- more embittering ,
- more headache ,
- more overtaxing ,
- more plodding ,
- most crushing ,
- most embittering ,
- most headache ,
- most overtaxing ,
- most plodding ,
- over powering ,
- over taxing ,
- over-powering ,
- over-taxing .
- more pondering ,
- more reflecting ,
- more ruminating ,
- most pondering ,
- most reflecting ,
- most ruminating ,
- pondering ,
- pre occupied ,
- pre-occupied ,
- with drawn ,
- with-drawn .
- de pressing ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis composing ,
- dis-composing ,
- more dejecting ,
- more discomposing ,
- more saddening ,
- most dejecting ,
- most discomposing ,
- most saddening ,
- sad ,
- tear jerking ,
- tearful ,
- tearjerking ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un-happy ,
- un-satisfactory .
- de liberate ,
- de mure ,
- de-liberate ,
- de-mure ,
- dis passionate ,
- dis-passionate ,
- laidback ,
- un flappable ,
- un ruffled ,
- un-ruffled .
- deadpan ,
- dour ,
- grim-faced ,
- leaden ,
- meaningful ,
- muted ,
- ponderous ,
- quiet ,
- sage .
- awe inspiring ,
- aweinspiring ,
- hallowed ,
- matter life and death ,
- matter life death ,
- matter of life death ,
- more brooding ,
- more ritual ,
- most brooding ,
- most ritual ,
- over whelming ,
- over-whelming .
- more depressive ,
- more dragged ,
- more hurting ,
- more sourpuss ,
- most depressive ,
- most dragged ,
- most sourpuss .
- down mouth ,
- down the mouth ,
- in obtrusive ,
- in-obtrusive ,
- more chastened ,
- more moderated ,
- more muted ,
- more repressed ,
- more softened ,
- more tempered ,
- most chastened ,
- most moderated ,
- most muted ,
- most repressed ,
- most softened ,
- most tempered ,
- out spirits ,
- re pressed ,
- re-pressed ,
- shaded ,
- sub missive ,
- tempered ,
- un obtrusive ,
- un-obtrusive .
- de liberative ,
- de-liberative ,
- lost thought ,
- more museful ,
- more reasoning ,
- most museful ,
- most reasoning .
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- alarming .
- boot hills ,
- city dead ,
- city of dead ,
- city the dead ,
- eternal homes ,
- funerary ground ,
- god acre ,
- god acres ,
- god's acres ,
- gods acre ,
- gods acres ,
- golgothas ,
- marble towns ,
- memorial parks ,
- polyandriums ,
- potter field ,
- potter fields ,
- potter's fields ,
- potters field ,
- potters fields ,
- resting places .
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v.
• carve- dis sever ,
- dis severed ,
- dis severing ,
- dis severs ,
- dis-sever ,
- dis-severed ,
- dis-severing ,
- dis-severs ,
- in dent ,
- in dented ,
- in denting ,
- in dents ,
- in sculpt ,
- in sculpted ,
- in sculpting ,
- in sculpts ,
- in-dent ,
- in-dented ,
- in-denting ,
- in-dents ,
- in-sculpt ,
- in-sculpted ,
- in-sculpting ,
- in-sculpts ,
- insculpted ,
- insculpting ,
- insculpts ,
- rough hew ,
- rough hewed ,
- rough hewing ,
- rough hewn ,
- rough hews ,
- rough-hewed ,
- rough-hewing ,
- rough-hews ,
- roughhewed ,
- roughhewing ,
- roughhews .
- cross hatched ,
- cross hatches ,
- cross hatching ,
- cross-hatch ,
- cross-hatched ,
- cross-hatches ,
- crosshatches ,
- enchases ,
- in fix ,
- in fixed ,
- in fixes ,
- in fixing ,
- in grain ,
- in graining ,
- in grains ,
- in scribe ,
- in scribed ,
- in scribes ,
- in scribing ,
- in stilled ,
- in stilling ,
- in-fix ,
- in-fixed ,
- in-fixes ,
- in-fixing ,
- in-grain ,
- in-grained ,
- in-graining ,
- in-grains ,
- in-scribe ,
- in-scribed ,
- in-scribes ,
- in-scribing ,
- in-stilled ,
- in-stilling ,
- initialling ,
- intaglioed ,
- intaglioing ,
- litho graphed ,
- litho graphing ,
- litho-graphed ,
- litho-graphing ,
- mezzotinted .
- Re-present ,
- ate in to ,
- de fine ,
- de fined ,
- de fines ,
- de fining ,
- de lineate ,
- de lineated ,
- de pict ,
- de picts ,
- de scribe ,
- de scribed ,
- de scribes ,
- de scribing ,
- de-fine ,
- de-fined ,
- de-fines ,
- de-fining ,
- de-lineate ,
- de-lineated ,
- de-pict ,
- de-picts ,
- de-scribe ,
- de-scribed ,
- de-scribes ,
- de-scribing ,
- eat in to ,
- eating in to ,
- eating into ,
- eats in to ,
- eats into ,
- out line ,
- out lined ,
- out lines ,
- out lining ,
- out-line ,
- out-lined ,
- out-lines ,
- out-lining ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re present ,
- re presented ,
- re presenting ,
- re presents ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-presented ,
- re-presenting ,
- re-presents ,
- sets forth .
Other synonyms:
- Nail Biting ,
- Ossuary ,
- apocalyptic ,
- apocalyptical ,
- burial ground ,
- catacomb ,
- cedilla ,
- churchyard ,
- cinerarium ,
- circumflex ,
- daunting ,
- dearly ,
- desperate ,
- diacritic ,
- dieresis ,
- disconcerting ,
- disquieting ,
- distressing ,
- disturbing ,
- dolmen ,
- draconian ,
- dreadfully ,
- extravagant ,
- fatally ,
- ferocious ,
- fervid ,
- fire and brimstone ,
- frontal ,
- graveside ,
- gravestone ,
- graveyard ,
- gross ,
- heavy-duty ,
- hellfire ,
- in memoriam ,
- keen ,
- keenly ,
- mausoleum ,
- necropolis ,
- nerve-wracking ,
- oppressive ,
- rigorous ,
- scalding ,
- sepulture ,
- severely ,
- sobering ,
- stressful ,
- sublime ,
- suspicious ,
- tilde ,
- tombstone ,
- towering ,
- tumulus ,
- ultimate ,
- umlaut ,
- vault ,
- worrisome ,
- worrying .
- Searing ,
- accent ,
- alarmist ,
- badly ,
- baneful ,
- barrow ,
- brooding ,
- death ,
- dire ,
- direful ,
- dull ,
- explosive ,
- faint ,
- far ,
- fatal ,
- foreboding ,
- fraught ,
- frightening ,
- learned ,
- massive ,
- merciless ,
- niggling ,
- ominous ,
- resting place ,
- rigid ,
- sharply ,
- sickening ,
- spectacular ,
- supreme ,
- tense ,
- terminal ,
- unbearable ,
- unsettled ,
- venerable .
- anxious ,
- crushing ,
- extreme ,
- high-level ,
- imprint ,
- incise ,
- portentous ,
- proper ,
- savage ,
- sore ,
- stiff ,
- unlucky .
- plot .
- strong .
Other relevant words:
- Dinned ,
- Dinning ,
- Furrowing ,
- Graving ,
- Hacked ,
- Hacking ,
- Moulded ,
- Roughhew ,
- ate into ,
- carve ,
- eat into ,
- engrave ,
- etch ,
- furrowed ,
- graved ,
- hewn ,
- insculpt ,
- lettering ,
- modelling ,
- mould ,
- moulding ,
- moulds ,
- pound ,
- rough-hew ,
- rough-hewn ,
- roughhewn ,
- sculpt ,
- sculpted ,
- sculpting ,
- sculpts ,
- set forth ,
- setting forth ,
- stamp ,
- tooled ,
- tooling .
- bier .
- Crosshatching ,
- Diapering ,
- Embedding ,
- Enchase ,
- Enchased ,
- Enchasing ,
- Initialed ,
- Initialing ,
- Lithographed ,
- Lithographing ,
- cross hatch ,
- cross-hatching ,
- crosshatch ,
- crosshatched ,
- diaper ,
- diapered ,
- diapers ,
- initial ,
- initialled ,
- initials ,
- inscribe ,
- instilling ,
- intaglio ,
- intaglios ,
- lithograph ,
- lithographs ,
- mezzotint ,
- mezzotinting ,
- mezzotints ,
- printed .
- Mortiferous ,
- Museful ,
- austere ,
- blue chip ,
- chips are down ,
- cold sober ,
- consequential ,
- cool as cucumber ,
- critical ,
- death-dealing ,
- deep ,
- depressive ,
- dignified ,
- distingue ,
- down in mouth ,
- earnest ,
- earth-shaking ,
- earth-shattering ,
- earthshaking ,
- earthshattering ,
- for real ,
- godawful ,
- grievous ,
- head ache ,
- heart-rending ,
- heavy ,
- heavy number ,
- highfalutin' ,
- important ,
- laid back ,
- lost in thought ,
- major-league ,
- material ,
- matriarchal ,
- momentous ,
- mortal ,
- most reverend ,
- no fooling ,
- no-fooling ,
- no-nonsense ,
- onerous ,
- out of spirits ,
- overtaxing ,
- patriarchal ,
- pensive ,
- pre-eminent ,
- sedate ,
- sepulchral ,
- serious ,
- sober ,
- solemn ,
- staid ,
- subdued ,
- thoughtful ,
- ugly ,
- weighty .
- Hell ,
- Undercroft ,
- boot hill ,
- burial chamber ,
- burial place ,
- charnel ,
- charnels ,
- churchyards ,
- city of the dead ,
- enshrinement ,
- eternal home ,
- funerary grounds ,
- hallowed place ,
- hearse ,
- hearses ,
- holy place ,
- marble town ,
- memorial park ,
- monuments ,
- pit ,
- polyandrium ,
- potter's field ,
- reliquary ,
- sacred place ,
- safes ,
- shrine ,
- strong room ,
- tortures of the damned ,
- undercrofts .
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How to use "Grave" in context?
"grave" can refer to either the final resting place of someone or an excavation for burials. In the former case, a grave can be a simple hole in the ground, or it can be more elaborate, such as a crypt or mausoleum. In the case of an excavation for burials, the grave can be any location where bodies are buried.
Grave Markers
Most Graves in the United States are marked with simple wooden or metal crosses that are placed directly on or near the grave. However, there are many exceptions, and sometimes graves are unmarked.
Paraphrases for Grave:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
serious.
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Noun, singular or mass
tomb.
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Verb, past tense
serious.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
serious.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
gravesite.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
adverse, aggravated, aggravating, alarming, appalling, bad, blatant, catastrophic, crucial, daunting, deep-seated, devastating, difficult, dire, disastrous, disturbing, drastic, extensive, far-reaching, flagrant, formidable, funeral, funerary, grand, grim, harsh, heartfelt, huge, immense, intense, massive, momentous, mortuary, onerous, overwhelming, perilous, precarious, profound, sharp, terrible, thorough, thoroughgoing, tough, tragic, vast, very, weighty, worrisome, worrying, worst, life-threatening, in-depth.
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Proper noun, singular
Burials.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Determiner
severe.
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Adjective
dramatic, enormous, large, severe, strong, substantial, tremendous, deepest.
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Noun, singular or mass
cemetery, gravestone, graveyard, gravity, headstone, mausoleum, seriousness, severe, severity, tombstone.
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Determiner
Hyponym for Grave:
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not paid for
- Synonyms:
- unpaid.
