Synonyms of perdition

perdition

noun

pər-ˈdi-shən 

as in hell

the place of punishment for the wicked after death

simple stupidity is not enough to doom one to perdition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hell
• inferno
• abyss
• Gehenna
• Pandemonium
• Tophet
• pit
• underworld
• purgatory
• blazes
• netherworld
• Sheol
• Tartarus
• hellfire
• hades
• shades
• fire and brimstone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heaven
• sky
• paradise
• bliss
• Zion
• New Jerusalem
• empyrean
• Elysium
• glory
• kingdom come
• nirvana
• promised land
• elysian fields
• Valhalla
• happy hunting ground

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of perdition

California policymakers continue to make laws and allow regulators to contrive rules that make California a land of perdition rather than destination for enterprise because they have been captured by left-of-center interests. — Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025

Yet, the measure was promptly shuffled into the House Rules Committee, where it could be buried to perdition. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025

Appropriately for a fantasy of perdition suited to this nihilistic century, the logic of eternal punishment remains opaque. — Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025

The perdition market did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment asking if an announcement like FanDuel's would follow. — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025

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