At long last, the two chiefs of the Indian tribes have decided to bury the hatchet and smoke the peace pipe.
Source: tatoeba (181732)
Bury
/ˈbɛ.ɹi/
Synonyms for "bury" (134 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
Verb(18 words)
Preposition(1 words)
into the ground
Noun(17 words)
italian interlandfilllandfillslodgesmore earthingmoundsplanting depthsplowsratholerepressingromanian acoperisepulchersepulcheringsepulcherssnowspadestombing
Adjective(2 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: entomb, immerse, inhume, inter, abandon.
- Sentence evidence is available for bury, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "bury".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "bury"
Keep "bury" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "bury" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "bury", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "bury" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
More specific
8 entriesdeep studyevidence suppressionintense focuspeace makingprivate burialpublic burialreconciliationsecret keeping
Collocations
6 entriesInflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
206 translations across 101 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- begrawe verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Albanian
2 entries- gropos verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- varros verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Amharic
1 entries- ቀበረ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θάπτω verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Arabic
4 entries- دفن verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- دفن verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- دَفَنَ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- دَفَنَ verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Argobba
1 entries- ቀበራ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Armenian
1 entries- թաղել verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Aromanian
3 entries- murmintedz verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- ngrop verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- ngrupiljedz verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Assamese
2 entries- কবৰ দে verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- পোত verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
2 entries- ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- basdırmaq verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- dəfn etmək verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- torpağa tapşırmaq verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- ört-basdır etmək verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Bangi
1 entries- kunda verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Bashkir
2 entries- ерләү verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- ҡуйыу verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Belarusian
4 entries- пахава́ць verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- пахарані́ць verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- хава́ць verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- харані́ць verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Bengali
3 entries- গোর দেওয়া verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- পোঁতা verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- মাটি দেওয়া verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Breton
2 entries- beziañ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- douarañ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Bulgarian
3 entries- затрупвам verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
- погре́бвам verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- погреба́ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Burmese
3 entries- မြေချ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- မြှုပ် verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- မြှုပ်နှံ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Catalan
3 entries- enterrar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- enterrar verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
- sepultar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᏂᏏᎭ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 下葬 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- 埋 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- 埋葬 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Czech
2 entries- pohřbít verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- pohřbívat verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Danish
1 entries- begrave verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Dutch
2 entries- begraven verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- begraven verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Esperanto
1 entries- enterigi verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Estonian
1 entries- matma verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Faroese
1 entries- jarða verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Finnish
3 entries- haudata verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- haudata verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
- hukuttaa verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
French
3 entries- ensevelir verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- enterrer verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- enterrer verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Galician
3 entries- enterrar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- soterrar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- soterrar verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Ge'ez
1 entries- ቀበረ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Georgian
2 entries- დაკრძალვა verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- დამარხვა verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
German
3 entries- beerdigen verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- begraben verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- vergraben verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Greek
2 entries- ενταφιάζω verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- θάβω verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- antere verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Hebrew
1 entries- קָבַר verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Higaonon
1 entries- lubong verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- lubong verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Hindi
3 entries- गाड़ना verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- दफ़न करना verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- दफ़नाना verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Hungarian
1 entries- temet verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Icelandic
1 entries- grafa verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Ingrian
2 entries- havvata verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- koopata verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Irish
3 entries- adhlaic verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- cuir verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- cuir san uaigh verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Italian
4 entries- inumare verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- nascondere verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
- seppellire verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- sotterrare verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Ivatan
1 entries- ilaveng verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Japanese
2 entries- 埋葬する verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- 葬る verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Kazakh
2 entries- жерлеу verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- көму verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Khmer
2 entries- កប់ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- បង្កប់ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Korean
2 entries- 매장하다 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- 묻다 verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- көмүү verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Lao
1 entries- ຝັງ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Latin
4 entries- dēfodiō verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
- humō verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- sepeliō verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- tumulō verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Latvian
2 entries- apbedīt verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- apglabāt verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Lingala
1 entries- kunda verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Lithuanian
1 entries- palaidoti verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Low German
1 entries- begrawen verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Macedonian
2 entries- погребе verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- погребува verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Malay
2 entries- kubur verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- kubur verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Marathi
1 entries- गाडणे verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Mauritian Creole
1 entries- antere verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Middle English
2 entries- berien verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- graven verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Mongo
1 entries- kunda verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Mongolian
2 entries- булшлах verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- оршуулах verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- udziha verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Norman
2 entries- entèrrer verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- entèrrer verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
North Frisian
1 entries- begreew verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- begrave verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- gravlegge verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gravleggja verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كوممك verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Persian
2 entries- دفن کردن verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- نگندن verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Polish
4 entries- chować verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- grzebać verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- pochować verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- pogrzebać verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Portuguese
4 entries- enterrar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- enterrar verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
- inumar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- sepultar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Quechua
2 entries- p'ampakuy verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
- p'ampay verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Romanian
3 entries- îngropa verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- înhuma verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- înmormânta verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Russian
4 entries- погреба́ть verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- погрести́ verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- похорони́ть verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- пря́тать verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Saho
1 entries- oocoge verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sahranjívati verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- sahrániti verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- zakopati verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
- zakopavati verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Slovak
2 entries- pochovať verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- zahrabať verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Slovene
2 entries- pokopati verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- pokopavati verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Spanish
3 entries- dar sepultura verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- enterrar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- sepultar verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Swedish
3 entries- begrava verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- begrava verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
- gömma verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Tagalog
4 entries- idumog verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
- ilibing verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- libing verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- madumog verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Tajik
1 entries- дафн кардан verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Tatar
1 entries- күмәргә verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Tausug
1 entries- kubul verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Ternate
1 entries- woto verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Tetum
1 entries- taman verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Thai
1 entries- ฝัง verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Turkish
3 entries- defnetmek verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- gömmek verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- saklamak verb (to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
Ukrainian
4 entries- похова́ти verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- похорони́ти verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- хова́ти verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- хорони́ти verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Urdu
3 entries- دَفَن کَرنا verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- دَفْنانا verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- گاڑْنا verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Uyghur
2 entries- دەپنە قىلماق verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- كۆممەك verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Uzbek
2 entries- dafn qilmoq verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- koʻmmoq verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chôn verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
- mai táng verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Volapük
1 entries- sepülön verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Welsh
1 entries- claddu verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- leveng verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
White Hmong
1 entries- faus verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Yakut
1 entries- көм verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Yiddish
1 entries- באַגראָבן verb (to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
Dogs often bury bones.
Source: tatoeba (239178)
We will bury you.
Source: tatoeba (442601)
Muslims bury their dead in graves.
Source: tatoeba (607293)
Showing 4 of 30 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "bury"?
Closest matches include entomb, immerse, inhume, inter, abandon.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "bury"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.