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Bury

🔄 Synonyms of "Bury"

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
engrossverb	(transitive) To completely engage the attention of; to involve.
immerseverb	(transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
swallowverb	(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
sinkverb	(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
swallow upverb	To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.
entombverb	(transitive) To deposit in a tomb.
eat upverb	(ambitransitive) To consume completely.
lay to restverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To bury someone who has died.
forgetverb	(transitive) To lose remembrance of.
interverb	To bury in a grave.

↔️ Antonyms of "Bury"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
rememberverb	To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
think ofverb	To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bury"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
interverb	To bury in a grave.
entombverb	(transitive) To deposit in a tomb.
lay to restverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To bury someone who has died.
immerseverb	(transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
sinkverb	(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
eat upverb	(ambitransitive) To consume completely.
swallow upverb	To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.
swallowverb	(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
engrossverb	(transitive) To completely engage the attention of; to involve.
forgetverb	(transitive) To lose remembrance of.
burialnoun	The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
inurnverb	(transitive) To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.
funeralnoun	A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
burrownoun	A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
coververb	A lid.
plungeverb	(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
embedverb	(transitive, computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file.
sweepnoun	(transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
masknoun	A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
divenoun	(intransitive) To swim under water.