Nether

//nɛð.ə//

Synonyms for "nether" (20 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

bottom chthonian

Adjective(1 words)

bottom

Adjective(1 words)

chthonian

Strong matches (6)

Adjective(1 words)

chthonic

down earlier inferior infernal lesser

Related words (10)

lour low lower lowest subsurface subterranean

Adjective(3 words)

lower subsurface subterranean

Adjective(1 words)

under

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

5 entries

bottom chthonian lower subsurface subterranean

derived

38 entries

Hartington Nether Quarter Nether Alderley Nether Broughton Nether Denton Nether Exe Nether Heyford Nether Kellet Nether Padley Nether Peover Nether Poppleton Nether Staveley Nether Wallop Nether Whitacre Nether Wyresdale Nether highway Nether-Saxon

Showing 16 of 38 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

nither

has context

4 entries

dialectal mining scotland uk

related to

40 entries

abase baseness below beneath bring confine constrict depreciate dislocation disparage down downward earth fault harass huddle

Showing 16 of 40 words.

similar

5 entries

bottom infernal low

Translations

41 translations across 20 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

χθόνιος adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Armenian

2 entries

ստորերկյա adj (beneath the earth's surface)
ստորին adj (lower)

Bavarian German

2 entries

nida adj (lower)
nida adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Bulgarian

2 entries

долен adj (lower)
подземен adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Central Franconian

1 entries

nedde adj (lower)

Czech

3 entries

dolejší adj (lower)
dolní adj (lower)
spodní adj (lower)

Dutch

1 entries

neder adj (lower)

Esperanto

2 entries

malalta adj (lower)
subtera adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Finnish

3 entries

ala adj (lower)
alempi adj (lower)
maanalainen adj (beneath the earth's surface)

French

2 entries

inférieur adj (lower)
souterrain adj (beneath the earth's surface)

German

2 entries

nieder adj (lower)
unterirdisch adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Hungarian

4 entries

al adj (lower)
al adj (beneath the earth's surface)
alsó adj (lower)
föld alatti adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Italian

2 entries

inferiore adj (lower)
sotterraneo adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Japanese

1 entries

下の adj (lower)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

nidder adj (lower)
nidder adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Polish

2 entries

dolny adj (lower)
podziemny adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Portuguese

2 entries

inferior adj (lower)
subterrâneo adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Romanian

2 entries

sub adj (lower)
subteran adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Russian

2 entries

ни́жний adj (lower)
подзе́мный adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Spanish

3 entries

de abajo adj (lower)
inferior adj (lower)
subterráneo adj (beneath the earth's surface)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The nether gate was opened.

Source: tatoeba (322895)

Ho ho, you have always been the brightest amongst my grandchildren! But hearken now: I have come from the nether realm to entrust thee with a task of utmost importance!

Source: tatoeba (2904549)

Between the upper and nether millstone.

Source: tatoeba (3053599)

"First must Trinacrian waters bend the oar, / Ausonian waves thy vessels must explore, / first must thou view the nether world, where flows / dark Styx, and visit that AEaean shore, / the home of Circe, ere, at rest from woes, / thou build the promised walls, and win the wished repose."

Source: tatoeba (7083591)

Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.

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