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Funeral synonyms and antonyms

fyo͝o'nər-əl

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funeral service
Rites for the dead
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memorial-service
An informal service honoring a deceased person, especially one that does not adhere to the traditional customs of a funeral.
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interment
The act of burying a dead body; burial.
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sepulture
(Archaic) A burial place
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cortege
A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a king.
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funeral solemnities
Rites for the dead
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obsequies
See obsequy
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cremation
A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
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funeral train
Those attending a dead body
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graveside (related)
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requiem-mass (related)
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requiem
A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
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last-rites
Sacraments administered to a person near death
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burial ceremony
Rites for the dead
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mortuary rites
Rites for the dead
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inhumation
(Medicine) arenation
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mourners
Plural form of mourner
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epicedial
Elegiac; funereal
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epicedian
Epicedial
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exequial
Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.
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funebrial
(Obsolete) Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.
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funereal
Similar to a funeral, such as dignified or solemn.
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monodic
Pertaining to monody
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sepulchral
Suggestive of the grave; funereal.
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threnodial
Pertaining or similar to a threnody.
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burial
The contents of a grave or tomb
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ceremony
A formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom:
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exequy
(Obsolete, now only in plural) Funeral rites.
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last-post
(UK and Canada) The sounding of a bugle, signalling the evening hour to bed down, also used at military funerals and remembrance services.
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obsequy
The last office for the dead
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rite
A ceremonial act or series of acts:
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rites
Plural form of rite
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sepulchre
(Brit.) sepulcher
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services
(Business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.
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solemnities
Plural form of solemnity
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taps
Plural form of tap
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christening (antonym)
The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.
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baptism (antonym)
A religious rite considered a sacrament by most Christian groups, marked by the symbolic application of water to the head or immersion of the body into water and resulting in admission of the recipient into the community of Christians.
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mourner (related)
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thanksgiving (related)
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church-service (related)
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pall-bearers
Those attending a dead body
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funeral procession
Those attending a dead body
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funerary
Of or relating to a funeral.
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mortuary
Of, or relating to death or a funeral; funereal
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threnodic
Pertaining or similar to a threnody.
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exequies
(Obsolete) plural form of exequy
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mass
A lump or aggregate of coherent material:
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sepulcher
A burial chamber.
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wake
An annual vacation.
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funerals (related)
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  • The next morning they helped Lori make funeral arrangements.

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  • At the funeral, you didn't even set with us.

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