abysm

The word “abysm” has 2 syllables: a-bysm

It's pronounced as /əˈbɪzəm/


What is synonym and antonym for abysm?

In the thesaurus, “abysm” has 29 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for abysm along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abysm

  • abyss
  • black hole
  • bottomless pit
  • breadth
  • cavern
  • chasm
  • cleft
  • crevasse
  • crevice
  • deep
  • depth
  • emptiness
  • expanse
  • extent
  • fissure
  • gorge
  • gulf
  • hole
  • hollow
  • nothingness
  • ocean
  • pit
  • reach
  • spread
  • stretch
  • vacancy
  • vacuity
  • vacuum
  • void

Meanings of abysm

  • noun
    1. Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
    2. An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole.

Example Sentences

  • The explorers stood at the edge of the cavern, peering into the dark abysm below.
  • Her depression felt like an endless abysm from which she couldn't escape.
  • The novel describes a descent into the moral abysm of its main character.
  • He felt a deep abysm of loneliness after his friends moved away.
  • The abysm of time separates us from the ancient civilizations.

On this page you'll find 29 synonyms or another words to abysm, such as: abyss, black hole, bottomless pit, breadth, cavern, chasm, cleft.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

hades

  • Abaddon
  • Gehenna
  • Pandemonium
  • Sheol
  • Tartarus
  • Tophet
  • abysm
  • abyss
  • affliction
  • agony
  • anguish
  • blazes
  • bottomless pit
  • chasm
  • condemnation
  • crevasse
  • damnation
  • difficulty
  • everlasting fire
  • fire and brimstone
  • grave
  • gulf
  • hell
  • hellfire
  • infernal pit
  • infernal regions
  • inferno
  • limbo
  • loss of the soul
  • lower world
  • misery
  • nether regions
  • nether world
  • netherworld
  • nightmare
  • ordeal
  • pandemonium
  • perdition
  • persecution
  • pit
  • place of torment
  • punishment
  • purgatory
  • ruin
  • shades
  • suffering
  • torment
  • torture
  • tortures of the damned
  • trial
  • underworld
  • world of the dead
  • wretchedness

ocean

  • Neptune
  • abysm
  • abyss
  • basin
  • black hole
  • blue
  • blue water
  • bounding main
  • breadth
  • brine
  • briny
  • briny deep
  • cavern
  • chasm
  • cleft
  • crevasse
  • crevice
  • deep
  • depths
  • drink
  • emptiness
  • expanse
  • extent
  • fissure
  • gulf
  • high seas
  • hole
  • hollow
  • main
  • nothingness
  • pit
  • pond
  • puddle
  • reach
  • salt water
  • sea
  • seaway
  • seven seas
  • spread
  • stretch
  • tide
  • vacancy
  • vacuity
  • vacuum
  • void
  • waters

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