Meaning

3 senses
  1. The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

    In Hindu scriptures, the four-eyed dogs Śārvara and Śyāma guard the underworld's entrance.

    Unterwelt, Reich des Todes, Schattenreich

    преиспо́дняяpreispódnjaja, загро́бный мирzagróbnyj mir, потусторо́нний мирpotustorónnij mir

    підзе́мний світpidzémnyj svit

    (religion) the world of the dead

  2. That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.

    A disproportionate amount of local politicians have connections to the underworld.

    Unterwelt, Halbwelt, Verbrecherwelt

    престу́пный мирprestúpnyj mir, дноdno

    злочи́нний світzločýnnyj svit

  3. The portion of a game that is set below ground.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom has many underworld connections.

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  2. Tom found a portal to the underworld.

    deTom fand ein Portal zur Unterwelt.

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  3. We have just begun our search of the underworld.

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  4. In Buddhism, the god Enma rules the underworld.

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  5. The chthonic ruler of the underworld, Hades, lived below the earth.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
world of the dead:
part of society engaged in crime or vice:
Русский
By meaning 2
world of the dead:
part of society engaged in crime or vice:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
world of the dead:
part of society engaged in crime or vice:

Forms

plural: underworlds
Singularunderworld
Pluralunderworlds

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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