Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun netherworld

1 sense of netherworld

Sense 1
Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld -- ((religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis)
       => imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place -- (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)