nether region

Questions about nether region

What does nether region mean?

nether region means "(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment".

What is another word for nether region?

Close synonyms include Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, pit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nether region a common word?

nether region is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.