Thesaurus results for MONUMENT

monument

noun

as in tombstone

a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased the Quakers disapproved of monuments, regarding them as idolatrous, so thousands of Nantucketers spend their eternal rest in complete anonymity

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as in reminder

something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event a moving monument to the great war and a tribute to the untold millions who died in it

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Recent Examples of monument Not every villa earns the word magical, but this one, located high above the Aegean with two swimming pools and an ancient monument-like structure, comes close. —

Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2026 Those imperial cults of personality, and many of their monuments, lasted no longer than the short period of their rule. —

Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026 And monuments, sooner or later, stop moving. —

Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026 Honoring the show that aired on ABC over 50 years ago, the Los Angeles City Council officially declared the original house a historic and cultural monument as of March 2026, according to the Los Angeles Times. —

India Roby, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for monument

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In 1975, the museum purchased his work Georgia Gate, a structure of fluidly bent pine staves inspired by photos of Georgia tombstones the artist saw in musicologist Marshall Stearns’s 1970 book The Story of Jazz.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Mar. 2026
Last year, the City Council approved an ordinance to offer rewards for information involving theft of city plaques, tombstones, statues, light standards, and copper wire, and theft of metals linked to the Sixth Street Bridge.

— City News Service, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026