Synonyms of stone

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noun

ˈstōn 

as in tombstone

a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased

an engraved stone identified the grave as that of a man who had died in the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tombstone
• monument
• plaque
• marker
• cross
• gravestone
• headstone
• tomb
• obelisk
• tablet
• pillar
• memorial
• shrine
• table
• monolith
• burial
• sepulchre
• sepulcher
• sepulture

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adjective

as in sheer

having no exceptions or restrictions

the stone stupidity of the senator's statements embarrassed even her staffers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sheer
• pure
• complete
• utter
• simple
• absolute
• unconditional
• total
• definite
• perfect
• damn
• damned
• outright
• real
• huge
• very
• blank
• deadly
• flat
• crashing
• dead
• clean
• regular
• categorical
• profound
• stark
• blooming
• plumb
• unadulterated
• unmitigated
• dreadful
• endless
• fair
• downright
• thoroughgoing
• consummate
• constant
• thorough
• rank
• genuine
• unqualified
• eternal
• flat-out
• straight-out
• arrant
• out-and-out
• unalloyed
• categoric
• bodacious
• classic
• veritable
• perpetual
• authentic
• main
• horrible
• all-out
• terrible
• extreme
• undying
• unremitting
• hopeless
• extraordinary
• habitual
• unrestricted
• supreme
• terrific
• confirmed
• superlative
• inveterate
• frightful
• surpassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• doubtful
• restricted
• questionable
• qualified
• dubious
• equivocal

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verb

as in to sharpen

to make sharp or sharper

the diorama showed a villager stoning a scythe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sharpen
• grind
• edge
• strop
• whet
• hone
• file

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dull
• blunt
• round
• polish
• smooth
• gloss
• buff
• burnish

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adverb

as in cold

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cold
• plain
• flat
• absolutely
• entirely
• stone-cold
• dead
• even
• completely
• downright
• out
• wholly
• entire
• all
• clean
• hands down
• categorically
• quite
• perfectly
• wide
• totally
• fully
• enough
• all over
• soundly
• fast
• utterly
• mostly
• mainly
• principally
• unqualifiedly
• chiefly
• altogether
• primarily
• through and through
• predominantly
• thoroughly
• basically
• largely
• well
• substantially
• full
• exactly
• generally
• plumb
• more or less
• predominately
• heartily
• all of
• by and large
• overall
• generously
• abundantly
• greatly
• copiously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• partially
• partly
• half
• halfway
• just
• slightly
• scarcely
• barely
• hardly
• part
• incompletely
• superficially
• minimally
• approximately
• somewhat
• roughly
• marginally
• kind of

Examples of stone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Having to think about where to spit out cherry pits or discard your peach stone can be enough to make buyers (and eaters) think twice. —Charlotte Lytton, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024

This is a chaos of stone, a puzzling but iconic landscape in Cochise County in southern Arizona. —Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024

Adjective

Phrases Containing stone

• Stone Age