Monument

Noun



 * 1) A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
 * There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
 * 1) An important site owned by the community as a whole.
 * 2) An exceptionally or prideful achievement.
 * 3) An important burial vault or tomb.
 * 4) A legal document.
 * 5) A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

Related terms

 * monumental
 * monumentally

Hyponyms

 * cenotaph

Adjectives for Monument
imperishable; wondrous; vast; sarcophagus-like; wasting; lasting; worthy; enduring; extant; venerable; deathless; tawny; stately; strange; gigantic; divine; living; everlasting; endless; colossal; marble; notorious; mysterious; charred; sepulchral; immemorial; pompous; majestic; equestrian; mighty; impressive; lofty; surviving; splendid; kindred; obvious; conspicuous; public.

Thesaurus
antenna tower, arch, archives, barbican, barrow, belfry, bell tower, bench mark, bookmark, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, campanile, carving, catstone, cenotaph, colossus, column, commemorate, commemoration, cromlech, cross, cup, cupola, cyclolith, derrick, doll, dolly, dolmen, dome, dummy, evidence, example, exemplar, fantoccini, figure, figurehead, figurine, fire tower, footstone, gingerbread man, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, landmark, lantern, lay figure, ledger, lighthouse, lightship, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marionette, mark, marker, martello, martello tower, mast, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, milepost, milestone, minaret, model, monolith, monumentalize, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, observation tower, pagoda, pharos, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, plaque, platform, pole, portrait bust, prize, puppet, pylon, pyramid, record, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column, scarecrow, sculpture, seamark, shaft, shrine, skyscraper, snowman, spire, standpipe, statuary, statue, statuette, steeple, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, television mast, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, tomb, tombstone, tope, tour, tower, tribute, trophy, turret, watchtower, water tower, wax figure, waxwork, windmill tower, witness, wood carving

Etymology
From monumentum: < monere:

Translations

 * Arabic: نصب
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 紀念碑, 纪念碑
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:


 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: tugu
 * Japanese:, モニュメント
 * Korean: 기념비 (紀念碑)
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: อนุสรณ์สถาน

Etymology
From monumentum:.

Noun

 * 1) monument

Noun

 * 1) monument

Etymology
From monumentum:.