underworld

Other forms of underworld

plural

underworlds·

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 underworld

What does underworld mean?

underworld means "the criminal class". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in underworld?

underworld has 3 syllables: un-der-world. The stress falls on "un". In IPA it is /ˈʌndɚˌwɝld/.

What is another word for underworld?

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

underworld is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 underworld?

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