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Definition of Memorial
1. Noun. A recognition of meritorious service.
Exact synonyms: Commemoration, Remembrance
Specialized synonyms: Epitaph, Festschrift
Generic synonyms: Credit, Recognition
Derivative terms: Commemorate, Memorialize, Remember, Remember
Specialized synonyms: Epitaph, Festschrift
Generic synonyms: Credit, Recognition
Derivative terms: Commemorate, Memorialize, Remember, Remember
2. Noun. A written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority.
3. Noun. A structure erected to commemorate persons or events.
Exact synonyms: Monument
Specialized synonyms: Brass, Memorial Tablet, Plaque, Cenotaph, Empty Tomb, Gravestone, Headstone, Tombstone, Megalith, Megalithic Structure, National Monument, Pantheon, Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World, Seven Wonders Of The World, Triumphal Arch
Specialized synonyms: Lincoln Memorial, Great Pyramid, Pyramid, Pyramids Of Egypt, Statue Of Liberty, Washington Monument
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Derivative terms: Memorialize, Monumental
Specialized synonyms: Brass, Memorial Tablet, Plaque, Cenotaph, Empty Tomb, Gravestone, Headstone, Tombstone, Megalith, Megalithic Structure, National Monument, Pantheon, Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World, Seven Wonders Of The World, Triumphal Arch
Specialized synonyms: Lincoln Memorial, Great Pyramid, Pyramid, Pyramids Of Egypt, Statue Of Liberty, Washington Monument
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Derivative terms: Memorialize, Monumental
Definition of Memorial
1. a. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.
2. n. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.
Definition of Memorial
1. something that serves as a remembrance of a person or event [n -S]