netherworld

The word “netherworld” has 3 syllables: neth-er-world

It's pronounced as /ˈnɛð.ɚˌwɝːld/


What is synonym and antonym for netherworld?

In the thesaurus, “netherworld” has 14 synonyms.

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


Synonyms for netherworld

  • Hades
  • abyss
  • blazes
  • bottomless pit
  • demimonde
  • demiworld
  • depths
  • everlasting fire
  • fire and brimstone
  • half-world
  • hellfire
  • purgatory
  • underbelly
  • underworld

Meanings of netherworld

  • pronoun
    1. The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
    2. The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
    3. Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
    4. (by extension) A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.

Example Sentences

  • The hero descended into the netherworld to rescue the lost souls trapped there.
  • Tales of the netherworld often depict it as a place of eternal darkness and torment.
  • She dreamed of a mysterious figure guiding her through the netherworld.
  • The book described the netherworld as a parallel realm filled with supernatural creatures.
  • In mythology, the netherworld is often ruled by gods or spirits of the dead.

On this page you'll find 14 synonyms or another words to netherworld, such as: Hades, abyss, blazes, bottomless pit, demimonde, demiworld, depths.

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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

Tartarus

half-worlds

half-world

pandemonium

  • Gehenna
  • Sheol
  • Tartarus
  • Tophet
  • abyss
  • ado
  • alarums and excursions
  • anarchy
  • babel
  • ballyhoo
  • bedlam
  • blather
  • blazes
  • bluster
  • bobbery
  • bother
  • brawl
  • brouhaha
  • bustle
  • cacophony
  • chaos
  • clamor
  • clatter
  • clutter
  • coil
  • commotion
  • confusion
  • corroboree
  • din
  • disorder
  • disturbance
  • dither
  • do
  • eruption
  • fever
  • fire and brimstone
  • flare-up
  • flurry
  • flutter
  • foofaraw
  • fracas
  • fray
  • fret
  • fun
  • furor
  • furore
  • fuss
  • hades
  • hassle
  • hell
  • hellfire
  • helter-skelter
  • hoo-ha
  • hoo-hah
  • hoopla
  • howl
  • hubble-bubble
  • hubbub
  • hue and cry
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly
  • hurly-burly
  • hurricane
  • hurry
  • hurry-scurry
  • hurry-skurry
  • inferno
  • jangle
  • kerfuffle
  • lather
  • melee
  • moil
  • netherworld
  • noise
  • outbreak
  • outburst
  • outcry
  • perdition
  • pit
  • pother
  • purgatory
  • racket
  • riot
  • roar
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • rumpus
  • scuffle
  • shades
  • shindy
  • splore
  • squall
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • tumult
  • turbulence
  • turmoil
  • underworld
  • unrest
  • upheaval
  • uproar
  • welter
  • whirl
  • williwaw
  • zoo

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