Limbo

//ˈlɪmbəʊ//

Synonyms for "limbo" (45 found)

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Closest matches (9)

abaddon avichi bottomless pit cage coop dance enclosure gehenna hades

Strong matches (14)

Noun(2 words)

hades or hell oblivion

hell hustle in abeyance infernal regions inferno jahannan jig lower world naraka nether world oblivion obscurity

Related words (22)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

4 entries

fictitious place imaginary place mythical place obscurity

Synonyms

1 entries

oblivion

Related terms

4 entries

hell paradise purgatory valley of death

dbpedia influenced_by

2 entries

c pascal

derived

5 entries

development limbo limbo set limboer limboid limbolike

etymologically related_to

2 entries

limber limp

has context

1 entries

theology

is a

2 entries

imaginary place programming language

related to

23 entries

aftermath bar child dance deadlock delay exist heaven hell horizontal in between innocent oblivion paradise purgatory saint

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Translations

63 translations across 22 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

քավարան noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Bulgarian

2 entries

лимбо noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)
преддверие на ада noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Catalan

2 entries

llimbs noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
llimbs noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

林波舞 noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)
靈薄獄 /灵薄狱 noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Czech

3 entries

nejistota noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)
nevyjasněná situace noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)
předpeklí noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Dutch

4 entries

limbo noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
limbo noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)
limbo noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)
limbus noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Finnish

4 entries

Limbo noun (type of antisubmarine mortar installed on naval vessels)
limbo noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)
limbus noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
paitsio noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)

French

3 entries

limbes noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
limbes noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)
limbo noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)

German

4 entries

Limbus noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
Schwebezustand noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)
Vorhölle noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
in der Luft hängen lassen verb (to place (someone or something) in an in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)

Hungarian

4 entries

a pokol tornáca noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
bizonytalanság noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)
köztes állapot/helyzet noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)
limbus noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Italian

1 entries

limbo noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Japanese

4 entries

リンボ noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)
リンボー noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
リンボー noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)
辺土 noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Korean

3 entries

림보 noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
림보 noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)
지옥의 변방 noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Macedonian

1 entries

пре́дворје на пе́колот noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Marathi

1 entries

लिम्बो noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)

Middle English

2 entries

limbus noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
lymbo noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Polish

2 entries

otchłań noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
próżnia noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)

Portuguese

3 entries

limbo noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
limbo noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)
limbo noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)

Russian

4 entries

ли́мбо noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)
лимб noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
лимб noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)
подве́шенное состоя́ние noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)

Slovak

2 entries

limbus noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
predpeklie noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)

Spanish

2 entries

limbo noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
limbo noun (in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion)

Welsh

2 entries

limbo noun (place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven)
limbo noun (competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards)

Sample sentences

53 total sentences available.

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It's still in limbo.

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If life puts us on our knees, let's dance the limbo!

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It's not explicitly prohibited, but in fact it is not allowed either. It is a legal limbo.

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He is in limbo.

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