Need another word that means the same as “memorial”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “memorial” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Memorial” are: monument, commemoration, remembrance, shrine, mausoleum, cenotaph, tribute, testimonial, memento, souvenir
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “memorial” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| cenotaph | A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered. |
| commemoration | A ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something. Commemorations of wartime anniversaries. |
| mausoleum | A large burial chamber, usually above ground. A cultural mausoleum such as the Tate. |
| memento | An object kept as a reminder of a person or event. You can purchase a memento of your visit. |
| monument | A building, structure, or site that is of historical importance or interest. A monument to Magellan is in the main square of the city. |
| remembrance | The action of remembering something. I went through the papers and remembrances in his drawers. |
| shrine | A place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person. A Hindu shrine at which offerings are placed twice a day. |
| souvenir | Something of sentimental value. The recording provides a souvenir of a great production. |
| testimonial | Something given or done as an expression of esteem. A testimonial match. |
| tribute | An act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration. His victory in the championship was a tribute to his persistence. |
| anniversary | The date on which a couple were married in a previous year. He even forgot our tenth anniversary. |
| bicentennial | Of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years. Bicentennial celebration. |
| carve | Establish (a career, role, or reputation) for oneself through hard work. The wood was carved with runes. |
| celebration | A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event. The birth of his son was a cause for celebration. |
| ceremony | A formal event performed on a special occasion. An inaugural ceremony. |
| commemorate | Mark by some ceremony or observation. A wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the war dead. |
| effigy | A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture. The coin bears an effigy of Lincoln. |
| engrave | Cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing. The crystal glasses were engraved with the Queen s cipher. |
| epigraph | An engraved inscription. |
| epitaph | A summary statement of commemoration for a dead person. The story makes a sorry epitaph to a great career. |
| eulogistic | Formally expressing praise. |
| gargoyle | A spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal. |
| gravestone | An inscribed headstone marking a grave. |
| hieroglyphic | Writing that resembles hieroglyphics usually by being illegible. A hieroglyphic sign. |
| inscription | Letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something. The inscription of memorable utterances on durable materials. |
| marble | Used figuratively to refer to something with the smoothness hardness or colour of marble. A couple of girls were playing marbles. |
| memorialize | Address in a memorial. The novel memorialized their childhood summers. |
| monument | An enduring and memorable example of something. A handsome monument of granite is placed over the grave. |
| monumental | Relating or belonging to or serving as a monument. Einstein s monumental contributions to physics. |
| perennially | In a perennial manner; repeatedly. Perennially popular destinations like Rome. |
| plaque | A small, distinct, typically raised patch or region on or within the body resulting from local damage or deposition of material, such as a fatty deposit on an artery wall in atherosclerosis or a site of localized damage of brain tissue in Alzheimer’s disease. Plaque around gum margins can lead to gingivitis. |
| statuary | Of or relating to or suitable for statues. Classical statuary. |
| statue | A sculpture representing a human or animal. |
| stone | Kill by throwing stones at. Stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries. |
| tercentenary | Relating to a three-hundredth anniversary. Events arranged to mark the Library s tercentenary. |
| tomb | A place for the burial of a corpse especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone. The house was as quiet as a tomb. |
| tombstone | A large, flat inscribed stone standing or laid over a grave. His grin exposed his yellowed teeth like a row of tombstones. |
| tribute | An act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration. An Abba tribute band. |
| triennial | A visitation of an Anglican diocese by its bishop every three years. The triennial meeting of the Association. |
| yearly | Once a year or every year. Yearly medical examinations. |
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