Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burial
2 senses of burial
Sense 1
burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture -- (the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave)
=> funeral -- (a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral")
Sense 2
burying, burial -- (concealing something under the ground)
=> concealment, concealing, hiding -- (the activity of keeping something secret)