Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: underworld

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

After his roommate Nick goes missing, Slevin is kidnapped – not once, but twice – by different factions of New York City's criminal underworld after being mistaken for Nick.

Source: https://collider.com/box-office-bombs-fans-love-reddit/

A targeted shooting at a busy northern Melbourne shopping centre that left one man dead and another with serious injuries is connected to a spate of tobacco store arson attacks in an escalating gang war, underworld sources say.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/man-killed-in-suspected-targeted-shooting-in-melbourne-s-north-20231007-p5eahe.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

Compared with the Emerald City behind us, the underworld across the Styx is a Kansas dust bowl, a sandy mess that looks as if it could swallow us.

Source: https://www.hcn.org/articles/ranching-why-has-alaska-given-an-uninhabited-remote-island-to-feral-cattle

Entering Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE)'s latest show, Cardiac Organ: A Goth Cabaret, felt like descending into an underworld.

Source: https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2023/07/02/46582292/your-sunday-reading-list-freeway-expansion-on-pause-the-return-of-a-beloved-gay-bar-and-the-portland-business-alliance-is-finally-ashamed-o

Follow as the Fist of Khonshu journeys far beyond the land of the living – and battles across the mind-bending underworld known as the City of the Dead!

Source: https://comicbook.com/comics/news/moon-knight-mcu-phase-4-scarlet-scarab-marvel-comics-debut/

Guy Martin is back on our TV screens tonight as he explores Colombia's violent underworld in the documentary Our Guy In Colombia.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/guy-martins-net-worth-hidden-27400787

He’s the creature that transports the dead to the underworld, much like many similar characters in ancient mythologies.

Source: https://screenrant.com/conjuring-movies-demons-evil-spirits/

It adds: "A complex family dynamic, tensions at work, and brushes with the underworld, paint a dark and complex picture.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/vera-itv-newcastle-holy-island-26167295

It's been revealed his company was originally owned by an associate of notorious underworld figure Tony Mokbel and colourful Melbourne identity Mick Gatto.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12284991/Adelaide-shipping-container-death-plunge-victim-Troy-Kelletts-Tony-Mokbel-Mick-Gatto-connection.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

It was found just five minutes after the shooting on Amy St, two suburbs away in Regents Park, in a ball of flames - something that has become a trademark of Sydney's underworld hitmen.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12331313/CCTV-footage-captures-getaway-car-used-Greenacre-gangland-triple-shooting.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Kelly agreed it had been complex to piece together the scale of underworld infiltration into an industry that was largely unregulated.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/22/earn-or-burn-the-firebombings-and-underworld-conflicts-exposing-australias-illicit-tobacco-trade

Kingpin is the greatest criminal in New York City, having risen through the ranks of the underworld.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/marvel-villains-secretly-smart/

Mail Online has learned, his paranoia did not relent, and he told of his concern that his food might be poisoned on orders of his underworld tormentors.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12787601/Oscar-Pistorius-mansion-Pretorias-suburb-preacher.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Martin Scorsese's masterpiece draws you into the colorful underworld of the Brooklyn mob through the ravenous eyes of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), charting his rise and fall over the decades.

Source: https://mashable.com/article/best-movies-hbo-max

Meanwhile, in the United States, court documents show, the Vega brothers were making their own way into the underworld.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/4/23811211/guerrero-unidos-mario-casarubias-salgado-adan-chapo-mexican-drug-cartel-students-iguala-massacre

One underworld figure said at the time: "This assassination was one of the best-planned ever to go down in Glasgow.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23269525.murder-gangster-frank-mcphie-sniper-glasgow/?ref=rss

One underworld figure told the Glasgow Times: “To stay hidden for almost nine years isn’t easily done.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/23504591.glasgow-crime-story-drumchapel-man-run-8-years/?ref=rss

One underworld source said at the time: “Tam McGraw never did anything in his criminal career without consulting Margaret.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23867534.story-jeweller-behind-glasgows-crime-world/?ref=rss

Only a motel killing spree — Hoult and Awkwafina vs. underworld goons — comes with a payoff, and only because Awkwafina is a stealth wizard, turning a passable zinger into gold.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/sc-ent-renfield-dracula-movie-rev-0413-20230412-7ceriducwbbirgbabz3hzgfeie-story.html

On Tren Maya, you’ll be able to stop by the small town of Nuevo Xcan, home to a Mayan pyramid and the enchanting Xibalba cenote, which ancient Mayans believed was a gateway to the underworld.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/central-america-caribbean/mexico/mexico-train-holiday-tren-maya-cancun-quintana-roo-b2462687.html