'abyss' definitions:
Definition of 'abyss'
(from WordNet)
noun
A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) [syn: abyss, abysm]
Synonyms of 'abyss'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyssal zone,
- arroyo,
- Bassalia,
- bathyal zone,
- benthos,
- bottom waters,
- bottomless depths,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- canyon,
- cavity,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- col,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crater,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- cut,
- cwm,
- deep,
- deepness,
- defile,
- dell,
- depth,
- dig,
- diggings,
- dike,
- ditch,
- donga,
- draw,
- excavation,
- fault,
- fissure,
- flaw,
- flume,
- fracture,
- furrow,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- Gehenna,
- gorge,
- groove,
- ground,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- hades,
- hole,
- hollow,
- incision,
- inferno,
- inner space,
- joint,
- kloof,
- leak,
- mine,
- moat,
- netherworld,
- notch,
- nullah,
- ocean bottom,
- ocean depths,
- ocean floor,
- opening,
- pass,
- passage,
- pelagic zone,
- perdition,
- pit,
- profoundness,
- profundity,
- quarry,
- ravine,
- rent,
- rift,
- rime,
- rupture,
- scissure,
- seam,
- shaft,
- Sheol,
- slit,
- slot,
- split,
- the deep,
- the deep sea,
- the deeps,
- the depths,
- Tophet,
- trench,
- underworld,
- valley,
- void,
- wadi,
- well,
- workings,
- yawning abyss