Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun monument

3 senses of monument

Sense 1
memorial, monument -- (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)
       => structure, construction -- (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons")

Sense 2
monument -- (an important site that is marked and preserved as public property)
       => site, land site -- (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school")

Sense 3
repository, monument -- (a burial vault (usually for some famous person))
       => burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture -- (a chamber that is used as a grave)