Synonyms for nether
ˈnɛð ərnether

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1. nether1

   Down; downward.

   The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered.

   Synonyms:
   bottom, lower

2. nether2

   To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.

   Synonyms:
   subsurface, subterranean

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1. netheradjective

   lower

   "gnawed his nether lip"

   Synonyms:
   under, chthonian, chthonic

   Antonyms:
   side(a), high, top(a), supernal

2. chthonian, chthonic, netheradjective

   dwelling beneath the surface of the earth

   "nether regions"

   Synonyms:
   under, chthonian, chthonic

   Antonyms:
   high, top(a), supernal, side(a)

3. nether, underadjective

   located below or beneath something else

   "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"

   Synonyms:
   under, chthonian, under(a), chthonic

   Antonyms:
   side(a), top(a), high, supernal

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1. netheradjective

   Synonyms:
   lower

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1. List of paraphrases for "nether":

   underworld

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1. Conan Doyle:

   There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world.