Synonyms of the word

gravestone

• n. A stone slab set at the head of a grave.

headstone

• n. A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave.

memorial

• n. A structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event.
• n. A service of remembrance or commemoration.
• n. (law) a statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal,…
• adj. Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
• adj. Contained in the memory.
• adj. Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

monument

• n. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
• n. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
• n. An exceptional or proud achievement.
• n. An important burial vault or tomb.
• n. A legal document.
• n. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

stone

• n. (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
• n. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
• n. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
• n. (Britain, plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals,…
• n. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp…
• n. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
• n. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon,…
• n. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
• n. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the…
• n. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
• n. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
• n. (obsolete) A testicle.
• n. (dated, printing) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange…
• v. (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
• v. (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
• v. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
• v. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive).
• v. (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when…
• adj. Constructed of stone.
• adj. Having the appearance of stone.
• adj. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
• adj. (African American Vernacular) Used as an intensifier.
• adj. (LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
• adv. As a stone (used with following adjective).
• adv. (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).

tombstone

• n. A headstone marking the person's grave.
• n. (mathematics) The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
• v. (Britain, intransitive) To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other…
• v. (surfing) For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because…