overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

cremate.

To burn something to ashes.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkɹimeɪt/General-American/kɹɪˈmeɪt/Received-Pronunciation/kɹəˈmeɪt/Australia
  1. To burn something to ashes.

    transitive
  2. To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

    transitive
    I want to be cremated when I die.
Where this word comes from

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

cremate has 7 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

cremate studiocremate workshello, cremate

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.