Synonyms for hell
- noun
- verb
- adverb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Inferno
inferno, perdition, abyss, pit, bottomless pit, snake pit, nether region, the pits slang
2. Underworld
Other
purgatory, pandemonium, limbo, blaze, gehenna, abaddon slang dated UK, helly vulgar slang, bumboclaat vulgar
Verb
Adverb
Definitions
- n. 1
A place or situation of great suffering in life.
My new boss is making my job a hell.
- n. 2
A place for gambling.
- v. 1
To make hellish; to place (someone) in hell; to make (a place) into a hell.
- adv. 1
Very; used to emphasize strongly.
Related words
- Word family
- hella hellban hellbender hell-bent hell-born hellbound hellburner hellcat
- Phrases
- raise hell what the hell bloody hell the hell go to hell as hell hell on earth catch hell
Example sentences
- abyss One step further, and you will fall into an abyss.
- inferno Australia is experiencing a fiery inferno.
- perdition You must read Teen Wolf and watch Road the Perdition.
- blaze It took an hour and a half to control the blaze.
- limbo If life puts us on our knees, let's dance the limbo!
By length
- 3 letters
- pit1
- 4 letters
- fuck1
- 5 letters
- devil2, blaze1, abyss2, hella, limbo2, helly
- 7 letters
- inferno3, abaddon, gehenna
- 9 letters
- purgatory4, perdition
- 10 letters
- underworld3, bumboclaat
- 11 letters
- pandemonium5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (devil2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- enfer
- Italiano
- inferno
- Español
- inframundo
- Deutsch
- Hölle
- Català
- infern