monument

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. memorial, cenotaph, tombstone. See interment, record.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Anything erected to preserve a memory]

Syn. tomb, tombstone, marker, shaft, column, pillar, headstone, gravestone, cenotaph, mausoleum, obelisk, shrine, statue, building, erection, pile, tower, monolith, tablet, slab, stone; see also memorial .

2. [A landmark in the history of creative work]

Syn. work of art, magnum opus, exemplar, permanent contribution; see achievement 2 , masterpiece .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. memorial statue, pillar, column, monolith, obelisk, tower, stone, plinth, shrine, pyramid, tombstone, headstone, marker, cross, mausoleum, cenotaph, effigy, ossuary, sepulchre, solium, weeper. seecemetery

2. notableachievement landmark, magnum opus, masterpiece, masterwork, chef d'oeuvre, watershed.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Something, as a structure or custom, serving to honor or keep alive a memory: commemoration, memorial, remembrance. See REMEMBER.