Christopher Columbus once fought Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the underworld, with nothing but his hat.
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Underworld
//ˈʌndɚˌwɚld//
Synonyms for "underworld" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
142 translations across 49 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- doderyk noun (world of the dead)
- onderwêreld noun (world of the dead)
- onderwêreld noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Arabic
2 entries- سِجِّين noun (world of the dead)
- عَالَم سُفْلِيّ noun (world of the dead)
Belarusian
2 entries- злачы́нны свет noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- падзе́мны свет noun (world of the dead)
Bulgarian
3 entries- подзе́мен свят noun (world of the dead)
- подзе́мно ца́рство noun (world of the dead)
- престъ́пен свят noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Catalan
3 entries- avern noun (world of the dead)
- més enllà noun (world of the dead)
- submón noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 陰間 /阴间 noun (world of the dead)
- 黑社會 /黑社会 noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 冥府 noun (world of the dead)
- 冥界 noun (world of the dead)
- 地府 noun (world of the dead)
- 地獄 /地狱 noun (world of the dead)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- mictlān noun (world of the dead)
Cornish
1 entries- annown noun (world of the dead)
Czech
2 entries- podsvětí noun (world of the dead)
- podsvětí noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Danish
2 entries- underverden noun (world of the dead)
- underverden noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Dutch
4 entries- boevenwereld noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- dodenrijk noun (world of the dead)
- misdaadwereld noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- onderwereld noun (world of the dead)
Erzya
1 entries- масторалкс noun (world of the dead)
Esperanto
2 entries- gangstera mondo noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- submondo noun (world of the dead)
Estonian
4 entries- allilm noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- allmaailm noun (world of the dead)
- manala noun (world of the dead)
- toonela noun (world of the dead)
Faroese
4 entries- brotsmannaheimur noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- brotsmannaverð noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- helheimur noun (world of the dead)
- skuggaheimur noun (world of the dead)
Finnish
3 entries- alamaailma noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- manala noun (world of the dead)
- tuonela noun (world of the dead)
French
4 entries- Enfers noun (world of the dead)
- au-delà noun (world of the dead)
- autre monde noun (world of the dead)
- pègre noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Georgian
4 entries- დამნაშავეთა სამყარო noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- კრიმინალური სამყარო noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- მიწისქვეშეთი noun (world of the dead)
- ქვესკნელი noun (world of the dead)
German
4 entries- Halbwelt noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- Reich des Todes noun (world of the dead)
- Schattenreich noun (world of the dead)
- Unterwelt noun (world of the dead)
Greek
3 entries- άδης noun (world of the dead)
- τάρταρα noun (world of the dead)
- υπόκοσμος noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Hebrew
1 entries- שְׁאוֹל noun (world of the dead)
Hindi
1 entries- पाताल noun (world of the dead)
Hungarian
2 entries- alvilág noun (world of the dead)
- alvilág noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Icelandic
2 entries- undirheimar noun (world of the dead)
- undirheimar noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Irish
1 entries- an domhan thíos noun (world of the dead)
Italian
4 entries- altro mondo noun (world of the dead)
- inferi noun (world of the dead)
- malavita noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- oltretomba noun (world of the dead)
Japanese
4 entries- 下層 noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- 冥界 noun (world of the dead)
- 地獄 noun (world of the dead)
- 暗黒街 noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Khmer
1 entries- នរក noun (world of the dead)
Korean
4 entries- 명계 noun (world of the dead)
- 암흑가 noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- 저세상 noun (world of the dead)
- 저승 noun (world of the dead)
Latin
2 entries- infera noun (world of the dead)
- orcus noun (world of the dead)
Macedonian
3 entries- по́дземен свет noun (world of the dead)
- по́дземје noun (world of the dead)
- по́дземје noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Mongolian
4 entries- гэмт хэргийн ертөнц noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- үхэгсдийн ертөнц noun (world of the dead)
- ᠦᢈᠦᢉᠰᠡᠳ ᠦ᠋ᠨ ᠶᠢᠷᠲᠢᠨᠴᠦ noun (world of the dead)
- ᢉᠡᠮᠲᠦ ᢈᠡᠷᠡᢉ ᠦ᠋ᠨ ᠶᠢᠷᠲᠢᠨᠴᠦ noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Māori
3 entries- kengo noun (world of the dead)
- pō noun (world of the dead)
- rarohenga noun (world of the dead)
Nahuatl
2 entries- mictlan noun (world of the dead)
- mictlan noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- underverden noun (world of the dead)
- underverden noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Old Norse
1 entries- hel noun (world of the dead)
Polish
3 entries- półświatek noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- zaświaty noun (world of the dead)
- świat przestępczy noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Portuguese
3 entries- abismo noun (world of the dead)
- submundo noun (world of the dead)
- submundo noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Romanian
2 entries- lume interlopă noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- lumea cealaltă noun (world of the dead)
Russian
4 entries- дно noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- загро́бный мир noun (world of the dead)
- подзе́мное ца́рство noun (world of the dead)
- подзе́мный мир noun (world of the dead)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pódzēmlje noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- по́дзе̄мље noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Slovak
2 entries- podsvetie noun (world of the dead)
- podsvetie noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Spanish
4 entries- hampa noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- inframundo noun (world of the dead)
- inframundo noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- más allá noun (world of the dead)
Swedish
2 entries- dödsrike noun (world of the dead)
- undre värld noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Thai
1 entries- ยมโลก noun (world of the dead)
Ukrainian
2 entries- злочи́нний світ noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- підзе́мний світ noun (world of the dead)
Welsh
4 entries- annwfn noun (world of the dead)
- annwn noun (world of the dead)
- byd lladron noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- isfyd noun (world of the dead)
Yiddish
2 entries- אונטערוועלט noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
- בלאַטע noun (part of society engaged in crime or vice)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
In the US, poverty, deprivation and exploitation draws thousands of its own children down into a dark underworld that offers few ways out.
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Tom has many underworld connections.
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O deities of the underworld, to whom all we who live must come, hear my words, for they are true.
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