shadow world
Realm beneath reality
A shadow world is a hidden realm existing alongside or beneath the visible one.
The term often describes underworlds of crime, espionage, or illicit activity that operate parallel to legitimate society: the shadow world of arms dealers and intelligence operatives.
In fantasy and mythology, it may refer to a spectral plane where spirits dwell or a dark mirror of the ordinary world.
- underworldRealm of the departed
- darknessTotal absence of light
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
netherworld · twilight · twilight zone · limbo · in between · afterlife · other side · ghosts · veil · otherworld · purgatory · wraiths · parallel · dark dimension · dimension · hidden · occult · specter
- shadow realmsnetherworld, nether realm, dark realm, dark dimension, nightmare realm
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- shadowspenumbra, umbra, silhouette, shade, shading
- parallel worldsalternate universe, alternate reality, parallel dimension, mirror universe, other dimension
shadow worldtransparency
State of being see-through
public sphere · open society · public eye · daylight · broad daylight
shadow, world, shadows, shadowy, shadowed, shadowing, overshadow, overshadows, overshadowed