Acheron

Definition: Acheron

Acheron

Noun

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

Date "Acheron" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Acheron \Ach"e*ron\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Acheron The "River of Sorrows" (Greek, achos ro�s); one of the five rivers of the infernal regions. "Sad Acheron of sorrow, black and deep." Milton: Paradise Lost, ii. 578. Pabulum Acherontis. Food for the churchyard; said of a dead body. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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The Acheron river was a mythical stream (or sometimes a lake) in ancient Greek mythology, though it is also occasionally associated with the real Epirus river, which flows underground in part of its passage. Acheron translates as "river of woe" and, contrary to popular belief, is also the river that Charon ferried the newly dead souls across into Hades.

The word is also occasionally used as a metaphor for Hades itself.

The god of the river, an Oceanid and son of Oceanus and Tethys, fathered Ascalaphus with Orphne.

Virgil VI, 107

Synonym: Acheron

Synonym: River Acheron (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Hell	Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, Styx, Stygian creek, pit of Acheron, Cocytus; infernal regions, inferno, shades below, realms of Pluto.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Acheron

English words defined with "Acheron": Acheronian, Acherontic ♦ Charon, Cocytus ♦ River Acheron, River Cocytus ♦ Stygian. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Acheron" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (Acheron), German (Acheron), Latin (Acheron).

Domain	Title
Books	Acheron (reference) Across the Acheron (reference) Den Acheron durchquert ich : Einf�hrung in die Lyrik Paul Celans (reference) Five Days on the Banks of the Acheron (reference) The siege of Acheron (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression using "Acheron": River Acheron. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "Acheron"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		阿克倫 . (various references)

Danish		Akeron. (various references)

Dutch		Acheron. (various references)

Esperanto		Akerono, Aĥerono. (various references)

French		Achéron. (various references)

German		Acheron. (various references)

Italian		Acheronte. (various references)

Pig Latin		acheronay

Portuguese		Aqueronte. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Acheron. (various references)
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Misspellings
	"Acheron" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Achaboun, Acuerdo, Acuerdos, Aharon, Aherloe, Akmeyon, Alceron, Archermos, Asherson, Ashurov, Aucharn, Cabezon, Caehrun, Cherno, Cheron, Cherton, Maccheroni, Zakharov. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "Acheron" (pronounced 'Ach"e*ron'): Aileron, Almendron, Andiron, Andron, Apastron, Apron, Beakiron, boron, Box-iron, Caldron, Cascaron, Cast-iron, Catopron, Chaldron, Chamfron, Charon, Chawdron, Chevron, Chiliahedron, Citron, Cobiron, Coelectron, Cubo-octahedron, Decahedron, Decameron, Deltohedron, Diatessaron, Dihedron, Dodecahedron, Enpatron, Enteron, Entoplastron, Ephemeron, Epimeron, Epiplastron, Epoophoron, Exametron, Fanfaron, flatiron, Fleuron, Goudron, gridiron, Gyron, Handiron, Hemihedron, Heptahedron, hexahedron, Hexoctahedron, Hyopastron, Hypoplastron, icosahedron, Lepidodendron, Leucadendron, macron, makaron, Making-iron, Marron, matron, Mesenteron, micron, millimicron, moneron, Monotessaron, Natron, neuron, Nycthemeron, Octaemeron, Octahedron, Omicron, Oxymoron, Paroophoron, Pauldron, Pentacron, Pentahedron, Percheron, Periastron, Perienteron, Perron, Plastron, Pleuron, Polron, Polyacron, Polyedron, Polyhedron, Pouldron, Powldron, Pteron, Puceron, Pyritohedron, rhododendron, rhombohedron, Sadiron, Scalenohedron, Semidiatessaron, Southron, spiegel, squadron, Tendron, tetrahedron, Tetrahexahedron, Triakisoctahedron, Trihedron, Trisoctahedron, TRON, Tue-iron, Ulodendron, Waltron, Xiphiplastron. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-n-o-r"
	-1 letter: anchor, archon, chorea, cornea, ochrea, orache, rancho.
	-2 letters: acorn, caner, canoe, chare, chore, crane, crone, hance, heron, honer, nacho, nacre, narco, ocean, ocher, ochre, ocrea, orach, racon, rance, ranch, reach, recon, roach.
	-3 letters: ache, acne, acre, aeon, aero, arch, arco, cane, care, carn, cero, chao, char, chon, cone, core, corn, each, earn, echo, haen, hare, hear, hern, hero, hoar, hoer, hone, hora, horn, narc, near, once, orca, race, rhea, roan.
	-4 letters: ace, ane, arc, are, can, car, con, cor, ear, eon, era, ern, hae, hao, hen, her, hoe, hon, nae, nah, noh, nor, oar, oca, one, ora, orc, ore, rah, ran, rec, rho, roc, roe.
	-5 letters: ae, ah, an, ar, eh, en, er, ha, he, ho, na, ne, no, oe, oh, on, or, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-n-o-r"
	+1 letter: anchored, anchoret, canephor, chaperon, choreman, encroach, ranchero.
	+2 letters: anchorage, anchoress, anchorets, anchorite, anchormen, antechoir, canephors, chaperone, chaperons, charwomen, chloracne, chlordane, chronaxie, rancheros.
	+3 letters: abhorrence, achondrite, anchorages, anchorites, anchorless, antechoirs, antiheroic, archdeacon, archegonia, beachfront, chairwomen, chancellor, changeover, chaperoned, chaperones, chloracnes, chloramine, chlordanes, chlorinate, chromonema, chronaxies, coanchored, cochairmen, decahedron, encroached, encroacher, encroaches, enharmonic, monarchies, nomarchies, octahedron, scherzando, technocrat, trochanter, unanchored.
	+4 letters: abhorrences, achondrites, amenorrheic, anchoresses, anchorwomen, anthracnose, archdeacons, archegonial, archegonium, archenteron, atherogenic, beachfronts, chairperson, chancellors, chancellory, changeovers, chansonnier, chaperonage, chaperoning, chiromancer, chiropteran, chloramines, chlorinated, chlorinates, chrominance, ctenophoran, decahedrons, diachronies, encroachers, encroaching, euchromatin, francophone, homonuclear, hypocentral, icosahedron, lycanthrope, marchioness, necrophilia, neuropathic, octahedrons, outreaching, overarching, perionychia, renographic, reproaching, rhetorician, scenography, scherzandos, shortchange, technocracy, technocrats, trochanters.
	+5 letters: adrenochrome, anchorpeople, anchorperson, anthracnoses, archdeaconry, archdiocesan, archegoniate, archenterons, asynchronies, candleholder, chairpersons, chansonniers, chaperonages, chiromancers, chiromancies, chiropterans, chlorenchyma, chrominances, chromonemata, cochairwomen, cornstarches, countermarch, ctenophorans, dechlorinate, dodecahedron, elasmobranch, encroachment, endochondral, endotracheal, ethnographic, euchromatins, forereaching, henceforward, hierophantic, hydromancies, iconographer, icosahedrons, lycanthropes, necrophagous, necrophiliac, necrophilias, nephropathic, nonarchitect, noncharacter, noncrushable, nonspherical, oceanography, outpreaching, overcharging, overcoaching, overmatching, overreaching, perichondral, perichondria, photonuclear, rhabdomancer, rhetoricians, scenographer, scenographic, shortchanged, shortchanger, shortchanges, stenographic, technocratic, theoretician, trichopteran, trochanteral, trochanteric, unchaperoned, unrhetorical.
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