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Synonyms for abyss

Most common

perdition hell bottomless pit purgatory deep depth

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Perdition — hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean

perdition, hell, bottomless pit, purgatory, pit, limbo

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

  2. n. 2

    A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.

Related words

Word family
abyssal abysmal
Phrases
oceanic abyss

Forms

Plural
abysses → perditions, hells, purgatories, pits…

Example sentences

  • hell I'd rather live in hell than in the United States.
  • purgatory There is no hell or heaven, we are in the purgatory already.
  • perdition You must read Teen Wolf and watch Road the Perdition.
  • deep The snow is very deep here in our town in January.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
abyssrising
hellrising
purgatoryrising
perditionrising
deeprising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
pit1
4 letters
hell1, deep1, gulf1
5 letters
depth1, gorge1, limbo2, chasm2, abysm
9 letters
purgatory4, perdition
10 letters
profundity

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (limbo2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
abîme
Italiano
abisso
Español
abismo
Deutsch
Abgrund
Català
abisme