[{"word":"netherworld","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"pronoun","definitions":[{"definition":"The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"In some religions, one's soul departs to a netherworld, hell, instead of the heavens."},{"definition":"The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"While I was astrally projecting, I felt my soul pass through many insubstantial netherworlds."},{"definition":"Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The missionary was motivated by a sincere desire to rescue souls from eternal torment in the netherworld."},{"definition":"(by extension) A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Richard had been initiated into the netherworld of dog racing by his father, and knew all the popular greyhound performance-enhancing drugs."}],"synonyms":["underworld","astral plane","heaven","Hades","damnation","hell","underworld","Hades","hell","nether region","underworld"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/netherworld"]}]