Limbo Synonyms and Antonyms

lĭmbō
Abode of the (righteous) dead
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. oblivion
  2. nothingness
  3. dance
  4. purgatory
  5. neglect
  6. nether-regions
  7. nowhere
Confinement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. imprisonment
  2. internment
  3. captivity
  4. up-in-the-air
  5. on-hold
  6. pending
  7. in abeyance
Exclusion
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. exile
  2. isolation
  3. banishment
Antonyms:
  1. certainty
  2. sureness
  3. surety
  4. certitude

Words Related to Limbo

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Limbo Sentence Examples

  • The Pentactaea, at all events as it sprang from the brain of Semon, must pass to the limbo of mythological ancestors.

  • The number of chemicals which have been proposed from time to time for the purification of oils and fats is almost legion, and so long as the nature of oils and fats was little understood, a secret trade in oil-purifying chemicals flourished, With our present knowledge most of these chemicals may be removed into the limbo of useless things.

  • Matthew Paris said that he had a heart of wax; Dante relegated him to the limbo of ineffectual souls; and later generations have endorsed these scathing judgments.

  • At the moment, charities exist in a form of political limbo.

  • Play Mexican music and have guests take turns going under the limbo stick.

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