English dictionary

Acheron

/'/&/k/@/,r/A/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon

noun.object

Synonyms river acheron

Source: WordNet 3.0
A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.

noun

Source: webster1913