1
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
the Quakers disapproved of monuments, regarding them as idolatrous, so thousands of Nantucketers spend their eternal rest in complete anonymity
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
2
as in reminder
something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event
a moving monument to the great war and a tribute to the untold millions who died in it
Synonyms & Similar Words
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of monument
This monument sits within 108 acres of wooded parkland that contains fossil specimens that represent the nation’s first and only recorded evidence of a nursery herd of Ice Age Columbian mammoths.
—
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
Not coincidentally, the Met’s Lehman Wing, where the show is installed, roughly conforms to this model: It’s shaped like an angled sphere set within the four-square monument that is the Met.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Earlier scholars suggested the monument was a temple, a calendar or an observatory.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
In the timeline where Chloe dies, her journal becomes a monument, letters to a dead woman from somebody who ran away from the past rather than confronting it.
—Ryan Easby, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for monument 
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
Not coincidentally, the Met’s Lehman Wing, where the show is installed, roughly conforms to this model: It’s shaped like an angled sphere set within the four-square monument that is the Met.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Earlier scholars suggested the monument was a temple, a calendar or an observatory.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
In the timeline where Chloe dies, her journal becomes a monument, letters to a dead woman from somebody who ran away from the past rather than confronting it.
—Ryan Easby, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for monument
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monument
Noun
-
Manuela and her youngest sister picked yellow wildflowers and placed them on the tombstones.Jordan Salama, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
-
As Paul Fussell observed in The Great War and Modern Memory, a distrust of vacuous language was a hallmark of the words on tombstones at the Somme, not the solemn slogans written by Rudyard Kipling but the inscriptions composed by the families of the dead.Karen Parker Lears, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
-
This alert serves as a reminder of the growing sophistication and accessibility of these technologies and the urgent need for vigilance in protecting ourselves from potential scams.Fox News Staff, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
-
But the turn still serves as a reminder that many corporate leaders see their highest priority as reading the room — one that Trump now dominates.Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
The concept is inspired by the pioneering painter and sculptor, Michelangelo, who was able to turn one of the most mundane and inflexible mediums, stone, into something entirely new and awe-inspiring: art.Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
-
Lace trim on front straps Rose gold-tone hardware including X front closure with tonal stone embellishment Adjustable supportive elastic straps Lace: 93% Polyamide, 7% Elastane; Wing Lining: 87% Nylon, 13% Elastane; Cup lining: 100% Polyester.Etsy, refinery29.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
What to Know The draft memorial, signified as RS 31836, in the Idaho legislature, was presented to the House State Affairs Committee by the committee's vice chair, Republican Representative Heather Scott.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
-
Remains belonging to Livingston and Jeffrey Jones were added to the memorial's ossuary and white doves were released during the dedication.CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
This sample from Apollo 17, mounted on a plaque featuring the Irish tricolor, found a more stable, albeit temporary, home.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
-
One that gained attention earlier this year came from Italian researchers who found that people with microplastics in the plaques in their arteries were more likely to have a heart attack, stroke or to die.Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Thesaurus Entries Near monument
Cite this Entry
“Monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monument. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share