Netherworld

Alternative forms

 * nether world

Noun

 * 1) The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
 * In some religions, one's soul departs to a netherworld, hell, instead of the heavens.
 * 1) The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
 * While I was astrally projecting, I felt my soul pass through many insubstantial netherworlds.
 * 1) Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
 * The missionary was motivated by a sincere desire to rescue souls from eternal torment in the netherworld.
 * 1)  A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.
 * Richard had been initiated to the netherworld of dog racing by his father, and knew all the popular greyhound performance enhancing drugs.

Synonyms

 * Hades, hell, nether region, underworld
 * astral plane, heaven
 * damnation, Hades, hell, underworld
 * underworld

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