netherworld

Other forms of netherworld

plural

netherworlds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about netherworld

What does netherworld mean?

netherworld means "(religion) the world of the dead".

How many syllables are in netherworld?

netherworld has 3 syllables: net-her-world. The stress falls on "net". In IPA it is /ˈnɛðɚˌwɝld/.

What is another word for netherworld?

Close synonyms include Hell, Hades, infernal region, Scheol, underworld. 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 netherworld a common word?

netherworld is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with netherworld?

3 words rhyme with netherworld. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.