Underworld synonyms

ŭn'dər-wûrld'

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hades
(Gr. Myth., proper --- place) The home of the dead, beneath the earth
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the mob
Crime
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netherworld
(Theol., Myth., place, proper) The world of the dead or of punishment after death; hell
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hell (related)
In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death
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inferno
A large fire, a conflagration
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otherworld
(Paganism) The other realms of existence beyond the world of mankind, especially the realms of the dead or the fairy folk.
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the Syndicate
Crime
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chthonian
Designating or of the underworld of the dead and its gods or spirits
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infernal
Abominable; awful:
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antipodes
Any two places directly opposite each other on the earth
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erebus
(Gr. Myth., place, proper) The dark place under the earth through which the dead pass before entering Hades
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gehenna
In Judaism and the New Testament the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death.
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orcus
The world of the dead; Hades.
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the underworld (related)
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concerned with organized crime
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mafialike
Resembling or characteristic of a mafia.
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gangster
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mob-ruled
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gangland
The underworld of organized criminal gangs.
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gangdom
Crime
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rackets
Plural form of racket
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organized crime
A set of large criminal organizations (often competing for markets and territories) that deal in illegal goods and services.
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the Mafia
Crime
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the Cosa Nostra
Crime
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the Black Hand
Crime
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criminals
Plural form of criminal
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riffraff
Rubbish; trash.
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illegal (related)
(Of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
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wicked (related)
Evil or immoral:
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plutonian
Of or like Pluto or the infernal regions
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plutonic
Plutonian; relating to the god Pluto or to the underworld.
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subterranean
Hidden; secret:
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avernus
A lake in Southern Italy.
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cosa nostra
The Mafia operating in the United States.
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mafia
(By extension) Any organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; often with a modifying adjective, such as a nationality.
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purgatory
Any situation causing suffering
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sheol
(Bible, place, proper) A place in the depths of the earth conceived of as the dwelling of the dead
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tophet
(Bible, place, proper) A place near Jerusalem where human sacrifices were made to Molech: 2 Kings 23:10
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infernal region
(religion) the world of the dead; -Theognis
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Scheol
(religion) the world of the dead; -Theognis
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werewolf (related)
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vampire (related)
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criminal
The definition of criminal is someone or something related to the commission of a crime.
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abyss
In the book of Genesis, the primeval Chaos out of which earth and sky were formed.
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syndicate
An association of individuals or corporations formed to carry out some large-scale project requiring much capital
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Find another word for underworld. In this page you can discover 46 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for underworld, like: hades, the mob, netherworld, hell, inferno, otherworld, the Syndicate, chthonian, infernal, antipodes and erebus.
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Underworld Sentence Examples

  • You can't rule the underworld if you have a soul.

  • If true, the rebellion forming in the underworld needed to be dealt with swiftly and his soul found.

  • The Lake of Souls in her underworld was always still.

  • Lost souls, shut out of the underworld, was the greatest nightmare for Death.

  • She hated not being able to read his mind and see his thoughts, the way she had for the thousands of years they served the underworld together.

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