hades

noun

Definition of hadesnext
as in underworld

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Recent Examples of hades Persephone, goddess of spring and the fields, became the spouse of Hades, who ruled the underworld. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Michael Lorenzen and Coors Field look like a match made in Hades. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 May 2026 In Absolute Wonder Woman, drawn by Hayden, who is also part of this artistic new wave, Diana Prince is raised in Hades by the sorceress Circe to be a witch, not on Paradise Island by caring Amazonians, and flies on a skeleton horse. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hades
  1. underworld
  2. netherworld
  3. inferno
  4. purgatory
  5. Sheol
Noun
  • The unlicensed recovery center underworld ranges from places that pamper patients with space and very personal care by licensed medical professionals to places that cram patients into spaces minded by people with limited or no medical training.
    — DAVID J. NEAL, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
  • After slowly changing the theatrical underworld as the king of midnight movies, Curry spent the rest of his acting career gleefully refusing to be pinned down.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of underworld
Noun
  • And with most of the original cast now long gone, the latest sequel often feels as cursed as that treacherous netherworld.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Further, in other words, doesn’t just have to be a foggy, dim netherworld.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of netherworld
Noun
  • Gunshots followed by an inferno Police responded to the home on Sunday evening and heard gunshots coming from out back, just before the house was completely engulfed in flames.
    — Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Hiding underneath a desk in a classroom was an 8-foot python, which fire officials say started the inferno.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of inferno
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  • Or will the market put it back in purgatory because people believe that Claude can do everybody's taxes?
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Billions of dollars later, most organizations got pilot purgatory instead.
    — Richard Clough, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of purgatory
Noun
  • The soul is the same one that ancient Egyptians called the ka, or that God promises the psalmist will be rescued from Sheol, or that lay dormant in the minds of so many contemporary American readers, waiting for the right sound to set it free.
    — Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Definition of Sheol

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“Hades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hades. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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