Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A place where people are buried, often a large and organized space or park for burying the dead.
Cemetery
/ˈsemətri/Synonyms:
Antonyms:
This word has no antonymsExamples:
He always returns to the cemetery before daylight.
I walk slowly towards the cemetery, wanting to find Santschin's grave.
His body is buried in the cemetery near the church.
Etymology:
The word cemetery comes from the Greek word koimeterion, which means sleeping place. It was adopted into Latin as coemeterium and then into Old French cimetiere before entering English in the late Middle Ages.
Usage Statistics:
18 mentions per 1 million words 
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