The boy dug a grave for his dog that had died.
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Grave
/ɡɹeɪv/
Synonyms for "grave" (585 found)
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Closest matches (117)
Noun(10 words)
abjectabominableacuteafflictiveagonizingannihilationarcharistocraticarrantassembleatrociousaugustaustereautolithographawe inspiringawe-inspiringawfulbanebaritonebarrow
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basebassbe a printmakerbeehive tombbeggarlybiological deathbitingblackblackishbleakbone housebookboundary stonebox gravebrassburialburial chamberburial moundbustcairncalendarcalibratecarvecastcatacombcatacombscatalogcenotaphcessation of lifechalkchalk upcharactercharnel housechasecheck incheesychiselchroniclecistcist graveclinical deathcolumncomprehensiveconsequentialconsiderablecontemptiblecontraltocourtlycrampingcreasecribblecriticalcromlechcrosscrosshatchcrossing the barcrucialcruelcrummycryptcupcurtainscutcyclolithdangerousdarkdark-coloreddarkishdarksomedeadlydeathdeath knelldebaseddebt of naturedeceasedecorousdeepdeep sixdeep-echoing
Verb(2 words)
bury the bodybury the dead
Strong matches (176)
deep-pitcheddeep-toneddeepmoutheddegradeddemisedemuredeparturedeplorabledepraveddesperatedespicabledestructivedignifieddiredirtydisgustingdismaldissolutiondistressingdocket
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dokhmadolmendoomdourdreadfuldreardrearisomedrearydriveduskduskydyingearnestebb of lifeelevatedenchaseendend of lifeendingengraveenrollenscrollenteretcheternal restexcruciatingexecrableexhaustiveexitexpirationextinctionextinguishmentfatalfatefulfellfilefill outfinal summonsfinger of deathflagrantfootstoneformalformidablefoulfoundfrowningfullfulsomefunebrialfunerealfurrowgloomygnawinggoinggoing offgrandgravestonegraygreatgreygrievousgrimgrim-facedgrim-visagedgripinggroovegrosshammerhand of deathhardharrowingharshhatchheadstoneheavyheinoushighhoarstonehollowhorriblehouse of deathhurtfulhurtingimpanelimportantimposingimpressimprintinciseinculcateindexinfixingraininscribeinscriptioninsculptureinsertinspiringinstillintenseirresistiblejaws of deathjotjot downkillingkinglyknelllast debtlast homelast musterlast restlast rounduplast sleepleaving lifelinelistlithographlittleloftyloglong facedlong homelong-facedlordlyloss of lifelowlow downlow green tent
Adjective(13 words)
Noun(13 words)
Related words (292)
low houselow-downlow-pitchedlumpenmagisterialmainmajesticmajormake a memorandummake a notemake an entrymake outmake printsmaking an endmangymarkmark downmarkermastabamatriculate
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mausoleummaximummeanmeaslymegalithmementomemorialmemorial archmemorial columnmemorial statuememorial stonememorializemenhirmightyminutemiserablemodelmoderatemoldmonolithmonstrancemonstrousmonumentmoundmovingmummy chambermurderousnarrow housenecrologynefariousnigrescentno-nonsensenoblenotenote downobeliskobituaryobnoxiousodiousossuariumossuarypainfulpaltryparoxysmalpartingpassage gravepassingpassing awaypassing overpensiveperilousperishingpettypiercingpillarpitpivotalplace upon recordplaqueplenarypoignantpoker facedpokypollponderouspoorportentouspostpost uppoundpowerfulpressingprincelyprintprizepungentput downput in writingput on paperput on tapepyramidqueenlyquietusrackingrankrecordreduce to writingregalregisterreleasereliquaryremembrancereptilianrestresting placerewardribbonrostral columnroyalsadsaturninescabbyscorescrapescratchscribescrubbyscruffysculpsculptsculpturescummyscurvysedateself-containedsentence of deathsepulchersepulchralsepultureseriousset downsevereshabbyshades of deathshadow of deathshaftshaft gravesharpshoddyshootingshrinesleepsmallsobersober-mindedsobersidedsoldersolemnsomatic deathsombersombresombrousspasmaticspasmicspasmodicsqualidstabbingstaidstampstatelystatuesquestelasternstingingstipplestonestone facedstone-facedstraight facedstraight-facedstrongstupasubduedsublimesummons of deathswartswarthytablettabulatetake downtapetape-recordtemperateterribletestimonialthoughtfultombtombstonetooltopetormentingtorturoustotaltower of silencetristetrophytumulusuglyunmentionableunsmilingurgentvaultvenerablevideotapevilevitalwearifulwearisomewearyweightyweldwoefulworthywretchedwritewrite downwrite inwrite outwrite up
Noun(25 words)
low pitchedmomentousmourningreposereposingresonantsepulcherssepulchral voiceseriousserious descriptorsevere skeletal deformitysihasapaslow temposobersidessolemnsolemn promisesolemn tonesolemnizingsonorousstaid
Adjective(33 words)
Verb(5 words)
Related word relations
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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15 entriesCollocations
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
7 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 11 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gdhend verb (to carve to give a shape)
Bulgarian
1 entries- изрязвам verb (to carve to give a shape)
Danish
1 entries- skulptere verb (to carve to give a shape)
Finnish
1 entries- kaivertaa verb (to carve to give a shape)
French
2 entries- sculpter verb (to carve to give a shape)
- tailler verb (to carve to give a shape)
Irish
1 entries- grábháil verb (to carve to give a shape)
Italian
1 entries- scolpire verb (to carve to give a shape)
Macedonian
3 entries- дла́би verb (to carve to give a shape)
- обли́кува verb (to carve to give a shape)
- ре́зба verb (to carve to give a shape)
Middle English
1 entries- graven verb (to carve to give a shape)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- oblikovati verb (to carve to give a shape)
Spanish
2 entries- esculpir verb (to carve to give a shape)
- tallar verb (to carve to give a shape)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
The boy dug a grave for his dead pet.
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The judge was grave and forbidding.
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Some Americans have grave debts.
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