Grave

//ɡɹeɪv//

Synonyms for "grave" (562 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (113)

grievous engrave sculpt sedate serious solemn abject abominable acute afflictive agonizing annihilation arch aristocratic arrant assemble atrocious august autolithograph awe inspiring

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Adjective(9 words)

serious weighty austere authoritative big central consequential critical crucial

Adjective(1 words)

dangerous

Strong matches (168)

deep-echoing deep-pitched deep-toned deepmouthed degraded demise demure departure deplorable depraved desperate despicable destructive dignified dire dirty disgusting dismal dissolution distressing

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docket dokhma dolmen doom dour dreadful drear drearisome dreary drive dusk dusky dying earnest ebb of life elevated enchase end end of life ending enroll enscroll enter equivocal etch eternal rest excruciating execrable exhaustive exit expiration extinction extinguishment fatal fateful fell file fill out final summons finger of death flagrant footstone formal formidable foul found frowning full fulsome funebrial funereal furrow gloomy gnawing going going off grand grave accent gravestone gravity gray great grey grim grim-faced grim-visaged griping groove gross hammer hand of death hard harrowing harsh hatch headstone heavy heinous high hoarstone hollow horrible house of death hurtful hurting impanel important imposing impress imprint incise inculcate index infix ingrain inscribe inscription insculpture insert inspiring instill intense irresistible jaws of death jot jot down killing kingly knell last debt last home last muster last rest last roundup last sleep leaving life life threatening line list lithograph little

Adjective(18 words)

demure earnest epochful essential extraordinary fatefraught fateful fatesome frightful grievous heavy high on the totem pole historic important innegligible key lack-laughter life-or-death

Verb(4 words)

engrave gouge inscribe lay to rest

Noun(2 words)

grave accent grievous

Adjective(3 words)

grievous heavy life-threatening

Related words (281)

lofty log long faced long home long-faced lordly loss of life low low down low green tent low house low-down low-pitched lumpen magisterial main majestic major make a memorandum make a note

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make an entry make out make prints making an end mangy mark mark down marker mastaba matriculate mausoleum maximum mean measly megalith memento memorial memorial arch memorial column memorial statue memorial stone memorialize menhir mighty minute miserable model moderate mold monolith monstrance monstrous monument mound moving mummy chamber murderous narrow house necrology nefarious nigrescent no-nonsense noble note note down obelisk obituary obnoxious odious ossuarium ossuary painful paltry paroxysmal parting passage grave passing passing away passing over pensive perilous perishing petty piercing pillar pit pivotal place upon record plaque plenary poignant poker faced poky poll ponderous poor portentous post post up pound powerful pressing princely print prize pungent put down put in writing put on paper put on tape pyramid queenly quietus racking rank record reduce to writing regal register release reliquary remembrance reptilian rest resting place reward ribbon rostral column royal sad saturnine scabby score scrape scratch scribe scrubby scruffy sculp sculpture scummy scurvy self-contained sentence of death sepulcher sepulchral sepulture set down severe shabby shades of death shadow of death shaft shaft grave sharp shoddy shooting shrine sleep small sober sober-minded sobersided solder somatic death somber sombrous spasmatic spasmic spasmodic squalid stabbing staid stamp stately statuesque stela stinging stipple stone stone faced stone-faced straight faced straight-faced strong stupa subdued sublime summons of death swart swarthy tablet tabulate take down tape tape-record temperate terrible testimonial thoughtful tomb tombstone tool tope tormenting torturous total tower of silence triste trophy tumulus ugly unmentionable unsmiling urgent vault venerable videotape vile vital weariful wearisome weary weightsome weighty weld woeful worthy wretched write write down write in write out write up

Noun(3 words)

lot plot tomb

Adjective(35 words)

magisterial masterful meaningful momentous necessary noted noticeable observable oracular outstanding paramount pertinent pivotal relevant remarkable sad sage salient saturnine sedate

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significant sober solemn solemncholy somber sombre staid sterling stern sweer thoughtful unignorable valuable vital weightsome

Verb(3 words)

scratch sculpt sculpture

Adjective(6 words)

sedate serious severe sober solemn weighty

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

10 entries

accent accent mark carve chip at death demise dying place spot topographic point

Antonyms

2 entries

cradle serious

Synonyms

9 entries

engrave grave accent grievous life threatening sculpt sedate serious solemn weightsome

Related terms

10 entries

begrave burgrave engrave engraven graving dock groove landgrave margrave palsgrave waldgrave

at location

1 entries

funeral

coordinate

4 entries

acute burial chamber sepulchre vault

derived

73 entries

begrave beyond the grave cold in one's grave common grave cradle to grave cradle-to-grave dance on someone's grave dig one's grave with a fork dig one's grave with a fork and spoon dig one's own grave follow to the grave grave as a judge grave candle grave dancer grave dancing grave digger

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

groove

has context

2 entries

historical nautical

is a

4 entries

death grave site outdoor location topographic point

related to

165 entries

accent also also serious area authoritative bed begrave bodies bodies in body burgrave burial burial hole burial pit burial place burial plot

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similar

9 entries

critical engrave etch grievous important of import sculpt sculpture serious

Translations

332 translations across 143 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

адамра noun (excavation for burial)

Acehnese

2 entries

jeurat noun (excavation for burial)
kubu noun (excavation for burial)

Adyghe

2 entries

бэны noun (excavation for burial)
хъэ noun (excavation for burial)

Afrikaans

4 entries

graf noun (excavation for burial)
ets verb (to carve letters or similar)
ets verb (to impress on the mind)
graveer verb (to carve letters or similar)

Albanian

4 entries

varr noun (excavation for burial)
gdhend verb (to carve letters or similar)
gdhend verb (to carve to give a shape)
kru verb (to carve letters or similar)

Amharic

1 entries

መቃብር noun (excavation for burial)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

τάφος noun (excavation for burial)

Arabic

4 entries

ضَرِيح noun (excavation for burial)
قبر noun (excavation for burial)
قبر noun (excavation for burial)
قبر noun (excavation for burial)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ noun (excavation for burial)

Armenian

1 entries

գերեզման noun (excavation for burial)

Aromanian

2 entries

groapã noun (excavation for burial)
murmintu noun (excavation for burial)

Assamese

1 entries

কবৰ noun (excavation for burial)

Asturian

4 entries

cabuercu noun (excavation for burial)
cagüercu noun (excavation for burial)
fuoca (Tox) noun (excavation for burial)
fuosa (Tox) noun (excavation for burial)

Aukan

1 entries

geebi noun (excavation for burial)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

məzar noun (excavation for burial)
qəbir noun (excavation for burial)

Bangi

1 entries

lilita noun (excavation for burial)

Bashkir

2 entries

гүр noun (excavation for burial)
ҡәбер noun (excavation for burial)

Belarusian

2 entries

гроб noun (excavation for burial)
магі́ла noun (excavation for burial)

Bengali

2 entries

কবর noun (excavation for burial)
সমাধি noun (excavation for burial)

Breton

1 entries

bez noun (excavation for burial)

Bulgarian

4 entries

сериозен adj (having a sense of seriousness)
сериозен adj (serious in a negative sense)
тежък adj (serious in a negative sense)
гроб noun (excavation for burial)

Burmese

1 entries

သင်္ချိုင်း noun (excavation for burial)

Buryat

1 entries

хүүр noun (excavation for burial)

Catalan

4 entries

greu adj (low in pitch, tone)
greu adj (serious in a negative sense)
seriós adj (having a sense of seriousness)
sepulcre noun (excavation for burial)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

قەبر noun (excavation for burial)
گۆڕ noun (excavation for burial)

Chinese

3 entries

фын noun (excavation for burial)
фынкын noun (excavation for burial)
墳墓 /坟墓 noun (excavation for burial)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

墳墓 /坟墓 noun (excavation for burial)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

低音 adj (low in pitch, tone)
低頻 /低频 adj (low in pitch, tone)
嚴肅 /严肃 adj (having a sense of seriousness)
嚴重 /严重 adj (having a sense of seriousness)

Church Slavic

2 entries

гробъ noun (excavation for burial)
могꙑла noun (excavation for burial)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲃⲏ noun (excavation for burial)

Cornish

1 entries

bedh noun (excavation for burial)

Czech

3 entries

vážný adj (having a sense of seriousness)
závažný adj (serious in a negative sense)
hrob noun (excavation for burial)

Danish

4 entries

alvorlig adj (having a sense of seriousness)
dunkel adj (low in pitch, tone)
frygtindgydende adj (serious in a negative sense)
grav noun (excavation for burial)

Dari

2 entries

قَبْر noun (excavation for burial)
گور noun (excavation for burial)

Dutch

1 entries

graf noun (excavation for burial)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

墳墓 /坟墓 noun (excavation for burial)

Elfdalian

1 entries

grav noun (excavation for burial)

Esperanto

1 entries

tombo noun (excavation for burial)

Estonian

1 entries

haud noun (excavation for burial)

Faroese

1 entries

grøv noun (excavation for burial)

Finnish

4 entries

matala adj (low in pitch, tone)
vakava adj (having a sense of seriousness)
vakava adj (serious in a negative sense)
hauta noun (excavation for burial)

French

4 entries

grave adj (having a sense of seriousness)
grave adj (serious in a negative sense)
tombe noun (excavation for burial)
graver verb (to carve letters or similar)

Galician

3 entries

burata noun (excavation for burial)
cova noun (excavation for burial)
sepultura noun (excavation for burial)

Georgian

2 entries

სამარე noun (excavation for burial)
საფლავი noun (excavation for burial)

German

4 entries

dumpf adj (low in pitch, tone)
dunkel adj (low in pitch, tone)
furchtgebietend adj (serious in a negative sense)
gemessen adj (having a sense of seriousness)

Greek

3 entries

βαρύς adj (having a sense of seriousness)
βαρύς adj (serious in a negative sense)
τάφος noun (excavation for burial)

Greenlandic

1 entries

iliveq noun (excavation for burial)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

墳墓 /坟墓 noun (excavation for burial)

Hebrew

1 entries

קֶבֶר noun (excavation for burial)

Hindi

3 entries

क़ब्र noun (excavation for burial)
गोर noun (excavation for burial)
समाधि noun (excavation for burial)

Hungarian

1 entries

sír noun (excavation for burial)

Icelandic

1 entries

gröf noun (excavation for burial)

Indonesian

1 entries

kubur noun (excavation for burial)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

قَبْر noun (excavation for burial)
گور noun (excavation for burial)

Irish

3 entries

uaigh noun (excavation for burial)
grábháil verb (to carve letters or similar)
grábháil verb (to carve to give a shape)

Italian

4 entries

grave adj (having a sense of seriousness)
grave adj (low in pitch, tone)
opprimente adj (serious in a negative sense)
solenne adj (having a sense of seriousness)

Japanese

2 entries

厳粛 adj (having a sense of seriousness)
墓 noun (excavation for burial)

Kabardian

1 entries

кхъэ noun (excavation for burial)

Karachay-Balkar

2 entries

къабыр noun (excavation for burial)
кёр noun (excavation for burial)

Kazakh

3 entries

көр noun (excavation for burial)
мазар noun (excavation for burial)
қабыр noun (excavation for burial)

Khinalug

1 entries

зийарт noun (excavation for burial)

Khmer

1 entries

ផ្នូរ noun (excavation for burial)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries

шойгу noun (excavation for burial)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries

гу noun (excavation for burial)

Korean

2 entries

묘 noun (excavation for burial)
무덤 noun (excavation for burial)

Kyrgyz

4 entries

бейит noun (excavation for burial)
көр noun (excavation for burial)
мүрдө noun (excavation for burial)
мүрзө noun (excavation for burial)

Ladino

2 entries

arón noun (excavation for burial)
ארון noun (excavation for burial)

Lao

3 entries

ຂຸມຝັງສົບ noun (excavation for burial)
ຂຸມເຮ່ວ noun (excavation for burial)
ຊຸມຜີ noun (excavation for burial)

Latgalian

1 entries

kops noun (excavation for burial)

Latin

2 entries

sērius adj (having a sense of seriousness)
sepulcrum noun (excavation for burial)

Latvian

1 entries

kaps noun (excavation for burial)

Lingala

1 entries

lilita noun (excavation for burial)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kapas noun (excavation for burial)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

row noun (excavation for burial)

Lower Tanana

1 entries

tth'enh k'at noun (excavation for burial)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Graf noun (excavation for burial)

Macedonian

4 entries

гроб noun (excavation for burial)
вре́же verb (to carve letters or similar)
вре́жува verb (to carve letters or similar)
грави́ра verb (to carve letters or similar)

Malay

2 entries

kubur noun (excavation for burial)
pusara noun (excavation for burial)

Maltese

1 entries

qabar noun (excavation for burial)

Manx

1 entries

oaie noun (excavation for burial)

Maung

1 entries

yurk noun (excavation for burial)

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries

murmint noun (excavation for burial)

Middle English

3 entries

graven verb (to carve letters or similar)
graven verb (to carve to give a shape)
graven verb (to impress on the mind)

Mongolian

2 entries

булш noun (excavation for burial)
ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠰᠢ noun (excavation for burial)

Māori

1 entries

mārū adj (low in pitch, tone)

Navajo

1 entries

jishchááʼ noun (excavation for burial)

Norman

2 entries

fôsse noun (excavation for burial)
tombe noun (excavation for burial)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

gorr noun (excavation for burial)
merzel noun (excavation for burial)
mezar noun (excavation for burial)
qebir noun (excavation for burial)

Northern Sami

1 entries

hávdi noun (excavation for burial)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

grav noun (excavation for burial)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

grav noun (excavation for burial)

Occitan

3 entries

sepulcre noun (excavation for burial)
sepultura noun (excavation for burial)
tomba noun (excavation for burial)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

гробъ noun (excavation for burial)

Old English

2 entries

byrġen noun (excavation for burial)
græf noun (excavation for burial)

Oromo

1 entries

awaala noun (excavation for burial)

Ossetian

2 entries

ингӕн noun (excavation for burial)
цирт noun (excavation for burial)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

آغر adj (having a sense of seriousness)
دولك adj (having a sense of seriousness)
قبر noun (excavation for burial)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

гроб noun (excavation for burial)

Pashto

1 entries

قبر noun (excavation for burial)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

schlemm adj (having a sense of seriousness)
Grauf noun (excavation for burial)

Polish

4 entries

poważny adj (having a sense of seriousness)
poważny adj (serious in a negative sense)
grób noun (excavation for burial)
mogiła noun (excavation for burial)

Portuguese

3 entries

cova noun (excavation for burial)
sepultura noun (excavation for burial)
túmulo noun (excavation for burial)

Proto-Norse

1 entries

ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ noun (excavation for burial)

Rohingya

2 entries

hobor noun (excavation for burial)
kobor noun (excavation for burial)

Romanian

3 entries

grav adj (having a sense of seriousness)
grav adj (low in pitch, tone)
mormânt noun (excavation for burial)

Romansch

1 entries

fossa noun (excavation for burial)

Russian

4 entries

ни́зкий adj (low in pitch, tone)
серьёзный adj (having a sense of seriousness)
серьёзный adj (serious in a negative sense)
тяжёлый adj (serious in a negative sense)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

uaigh noun (excavation for burial)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dubokoglasni adj (low in pitch, tone)
ozbiljan adj (having a sense of seriousness)
preozbiljan adj (serious in a negative sense)
grȍb noun (excavation for burial)

Sidamo

1 entries

moogo noun (excavation for burial)

Slovak

1 entries

hrob noun (excavation for burial)

Slovene

1 entries

gròb noun (excavation for burial)

Slovincian

1 entries

grób noun (excavation for burial)

Somali

2 entries

qabri noun (excavation for burial)
xabaal noun (excavation for burial)

Spanish

4 entries

apremiante adj (serious in a negative sense)
bajo adj (low in pitch, tone)
grave adj (low in pitch, tone)
grave adj (serious in a negative sense)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

grebi noun (excavation for burial)

Swahili

1 entries

kaburi noun (excavation for burial)

Swedish

2 entries

grav noun (excavation for burial)
grift noun (excavation for burial)

Tagalog

1 entries

malma adj (having a sense of seriousness)

Tajik

2 entries

гӯр noun (excavation for burial)
қабр noun (excavation for burial)

Tarifit

1 entries

anḍer noun (excavation for burial)

Tatar

2 entries

гүр noun (excavation for burial)
кабер noun (excavation for burial)

Thai

2 entries

หลุมฝังศพ noun (excavation for burial)
หลุมศพ noun (excavation for burial)

Tigrinya

1 entries

መቓብር noun (excavation for burial)

Turkish

4 entries

ağırbaşlı adj (low in pitch, tone)
ciddi adj (having a sense of seriousness)
vahim adj (having a sense of seriousness)
vahim adj (serious in a negative sense)

Turkmen

2 entries

gör noun (excavation for burial)
mazar noun (excavation for burial)

Turoyo

1 entries

ܩܰܘܪܳܐ noun (excavation for burial)

Udi

1 entries

ҝаьраьмзаь noun (excavation for burial)

Udmurt

1 entries

шайгу noun (excavation for burial)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎖𐎁𐎗 noun (excavation for burial)

Ukrainian

2 entries

гріб noun (excavation for burial)
моги́ла noun (excavation for burial)

Urdu

2 entries

قَبْر noun (excavation for burial)
گور noun (excavation for burial)

Uyghur

1 entries

قەبرە noun (excavation for burial)

Uzbek

3 entries

goʻr noun (excavation for burial)
qabr noun (excavation for burial)
qubur noun (excavation for burial)

Vietnamese

4 entries

mả noun (excavation for burial)
mồ noun (excavation for burial)
mộ noun (excavation for burial)
phần mộ noun (excavation for burial)

Vilamovian

2 entries

graob noun (excavation for burial)
grob noun (excavation for burial)

Welsh

1 entries

bedd noun (excavation for burial)

West-Frisian

1 entries

grêf noun (excavation for burial)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

tham-bŭr noun (excavation for burial)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

墳墓 /坟墓 noun (excavation for burial)

Yiddish

3 entries

גרוב noun (excavation for burial)
קבֿר noun (excavation for burial)
קבֿרל noun (excavation for burial)

Zazaki

2 entries

mezel noun (excavation for burial)
qebır noun (excavation for burial)

Zhuang

1 entries

moh noun (excavation for burial)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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The boy dug a grave for his dog that had died.

Source: tatoeba (46350)

The boy dug a grave for his dead pet.

Source: tatoeba (46352)

The judge was grave and forbidding.

Source: tatoeba (47803)

Some Americans have grave debts.

Source: tatoeba (67483)

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