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Hel

🔄 Synonyms of "Hel"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
netherworldnoun	The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
scheolnoun	(religion) the world of the dead
hellnoun	(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
underworldnoun	That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.
infernal regionnoun	(religion) the world of the dead
hadesnoun	(Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
helanoun	Alternative form of Hel (Norse goddess) [(religion, Norse mythology) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hel"

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Word	Definition
hadesnoun	(Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
underworldnoun	That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.
netherworldnoun	The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
helanoun	Alternative form of Hel (Norse goddess) [(religion, Norse mythology) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.]
hellnoun	(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
infernal regionnoun	(religion) the world of the dead
scheolnoun	(religion) the world of the dead
lonoun	A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
helheimnoun	(Norse mythology) The realm of the dead, (also known as Hel), the domain of the goddess Hel. Located beyond Niflheim, (one of the Nine Realms).
helhestnoun	A three-legged supernatural horse associated with death or Hel in Danish folklore.
niflheimnoun	(Norse mythology) In Germanic and Norse cosmology, the Norse underworld, location of the domain Hel and of the realm of Hel, the goddess of the dead.
nannanoun	grandmother
freyanoun	A female given name from Old Norse of mostly British usage.
hrethanoun	An Anglo-Saxon goddess.
freyjanoun	(Norse mythology) A deity among the Vanir associated with sex, death, and seiðr, who receives half of those who die in battle in the afterlife field Fólkvangr (the other half going to Odin's hall, Valhalla), and whose brother is Freyr.
einherjarnoun	(Norse mythology) The warriors who died fighting bravely and were brought by valkyries to Valhalla, where they feast and prepare for Ragnarok.
valhallanoun	(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.
valhallnoun	Alternative form of Valhalla. [(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.]
álfheimrnoun	(Norse mythology) home of the Ljósálfar (Light Elves) and one of the nine realms, also called Ljosalfheim.
fólkvangrnoun	(Norse mythology) A meadow or field ruled over by the goddess Freyja, the afterlife for half of those people dying in combat, the other half going to Valhalla.