Need another word that means the same as “monument”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “monument” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Monument” are: repository, memorial, gravestone, headstone, tombstone, sight, spectacle, testament, record, reminder, remembrance, commemoration, witness, token
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “monument” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| commemoration | A ceremony or celebration in which a person or event is remembered. Local martyrs received public commemoration. |
| gravestone | An inscribed headstone marking a grave. |
| headstone | A slab of stone set up at the head of a grave, typically inscribed with the name of the dead person. |
| memorial | A statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event. A memorial service in the dead man s honour. |
| record | A piece or collection of music reproduced on a record or on another medium. The safety record at the airport is first class. |
| remembrance | A memory or recollection. A flash of remembrance passed between them. |
| reminder | A letter sent to remind someone of an obligation, especially to pay a bill. One man was threatened with court action for not paying his water rates when he did not receive a reminder. |
| repository | A place where something, especially a natural resource, is found in significant quantities. A deep repository for nuclear waste. |
| sight | A range of mental vision. In his sight she could do no wrong. |
| spectacle | A blunder that makes you look ridiculous used in the phrase make a spectacle of yourself. The acrobatic feats make a good spectacle. |
| testament | Something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality. He stated his political testament. |
| token | Something serving as a sign of something else. Ruthven was murdered and the assassin left his token. |
| tombstone | An advertisement listing the underwriters or firms associated with a new issue of shares, bonds, warrants, etc. His grin exposed his yellowed teeth like a row of tombstones. |
| witness | Evidence; proof. A key witness at the trial. |
| alabaster | Like alabaster in whiteness and smoothness. Her alabaster cheeks flushed with warmth. |
| anniversary | The date on which a romance began in a previous month or week. The 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. |
| carve | Cut (a slice of meat) from a larger piece. The company has carved a name for itself in the smartphone market. |
| caryatid | A supporting column carved in the shape of a person. |
| celebration | Any joyous diversion. The celebration of marriage. |
| effigy | A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture. A tomb effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine. |
| engrave | Cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing. The crystal glasses were engraved with the Queen s cipher. |
| epigraph | A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing. |
| etch | Make an etching of. The leafless branches etched against the sky. |
| eulogistic | Formally expressing praise. |
| gargoyle | An ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal. |
| inscription | A short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or 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 marble floor. |
| memorial | A recognition of meritorious service. A memorial to General Robert E Lee. |
| memorialize | Preserve the memory of; commemorate. We memorialized the Dead. |
| molding | Sculpture produced by molding. |
| monumental | Relating or belonging to or serving as a monument. A monumental scale. |
| 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. |
| sculpt | Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it. Sculpt a swan out of a block of ice. |
| sculpture | Form or shape as if by sculpture especially with strong smooth curves. A collection of sculpture. |
| slab | Remove slabs from a log or tree to prepare it for sawing into planks. He averted his eyes from the corpse on the slab. |
| statuary | A sculptor. Classical statuary. |
| statue | A carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger. |
| statuesque | Reminiscent of a statue in size, posture, or stillness. Her statuesque beauty. |
| stone | Throw stones at. You should remove the stones from prunes before cooking. |
| tercentenary | The three-hundredth anniversary of a significant event. Events arranged to mark the Library s tercentenary. |
| totem | A clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object. Other radical groups look to the party as a totem of the anti austerity movement. |
| tribute | Something resulting from a particular quality or feature and indicating its worth. The king had at his disposal plunder and tribute amassed through warfare. |
| triennial | A visitation of an Anglican diocese by its bishop every three years. The triennial meeting of the Association. |
| woodwork | The craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood. The woodwork was painted blue. |
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