Synonyms of entomb

entomb

verb

in-ˈtüm 

as in to bury

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea

a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bury
• inter
• tomb
• lay
• hide
• put away
• conceal
• enshrine
• inhume
• hearse
• immure
• ensconce
• shield
• enshroud
• coffin
• curtain
• obscure
• reinter
• rebury
• shade
• shroud
• cloak
• cover
• inurn

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unearth
• exhume
• disinter
• burn
• reveal
• discover
• expose
• disclose
• cremate
• show
• exhibit
• bare
• display
• uncoffin

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of entomb

Ninety-nine out of 100 elevators are utilitarian things entombed inside walls so no one has to see their ugly guts. —Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2024

Du Bois, who died in 1963, is entombed in Accra, Ghana. —Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024

In addition to the governor and his wife, family members also entombed in the pyramid include their only child, Virginia, and her second husband, William E. Frund; Mrs. Hunt’s parents, Jessie and Susan Ellison; and the Ellison’s other daughter, Lena Ellison. —Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024

The ash entombed the invertebrates living in the soft mud of the ocean floor, and within hours reacted with chemicals in seawater and hardened into a rock that preserved a perfect mold of the creatures. —science.org, 3 July 2024