monuments

NOUN

memorial, remembrance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gravestone headstone marker masterpiece mausoleum pillar shrine slab statue stele stone tablet testament tomb tombstone tribute

STRONG

cairn cenotaph column commemoration erection ledger memento monolith obelisk pile record reminder token tower witness

WEAK

footstone magnum opus

Example Sentences

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Last year, the Berlin State Monuments Council said it was critical of plans to tear down the bunker, which it said had "significant historical value".

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

"Monuments to Stalin are being erected all over the country," the woman said.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

Finally, in 1944, Cooper became a Monuments Man, investigating trade in Nazi-looted paintings in Switzerland and Italy—work for which his prosecutorial approach to art scholarship was ideally suited.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

The damage caused is an offence under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

They were now part of the scenery like the Civil War Cannon and the World War Monuments, the flagpole.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier