'Underworld' definitions:
Definition of 'underworld'
From: WordNet
noun
The criminal class
noun
(religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis [syn: Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld]
Definition of 'Underworld'
From: GCIDE
- Underworld \Un"der*world`\, n.
- 1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth. [1913 Webster]
- That overspreads (with such a reverence) This underworld. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'underworld'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Abaddon,
- abyss,
- avichi,
- Black Hand,
- bottomless pit,
- bowels,
- Cosa Nostra,
- criminals,
- deep space,
- deeps,
- depths,
- Dis,
- gangdom,
- gangland,
- gaping depths,
- Gehenna,
- Hades,
- hades,
- Hell,
- hell,
- infernal pit,
- infernal regions,
- inferno,
- jahannan,
- limbo,
- lower world,
- Naraka,
- nether world,
- netherworld,
- Orcus,
- organized crime,
- outer space,
- Pandemonium,
- perdition,
- place of torment,
- purgatory,
- shades below,
- Sheol,
- the abyss,
- the bottomless pit,
- the grave,
- the Mafia,
- the mob,
- the pit,
- the rackets,
- the syndicate,
- the underworld,
- Tophet,
- unfathomed deeps,
- unknown depths