All burial ground synonyms
bur·i·al ground
B b noun burial ground
- cemetery — A cemetery is a place where dead people's bodies or their ashes are buried.
- graveyard — a burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery.
- catacomb — Catacombs are ancient underground passages and rooms, especially under a city, where people used to be buried.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- plot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- burying ground — a burial ground.
- potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.