Usually means: Whirlpool monster in Greek mythology.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History Colors (New!)
We found 27 dictionaries that define the word charybdis:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. Charybdis: Merriam-Webster
  2. Charybdis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Charybdis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Charybdis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Charybdis: Vocabulary.com
  6. Charybdis: Wordnik
  7. Charybdis: Wiktionary
  8. Charybdis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Charybdis: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Charybdis, charybdis: Dictionary.com
  11. Charybdis (Comics), Charybdis (genus), Charybdis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Charybdis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. charybdis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Charybdis: Rhymezone
  15. Charybdis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. charybdis: FreeDictionary.org
  17. charybdis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Charybdis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. charybdis: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  20. Charybdis: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CHARYBDIS: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Charybdis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Charybdis: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Charybdis: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Charybdis: Urban Dictionary

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (Charybdis)

▸ noun:  A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
▸ noun:  (Greek mythology) A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
▸ noun:  Any dangerous whirlpool.

Similar:
Scylla, maelstrom, chelydre, suck, cross sea, sea cradle, aspidochelone, scyllarid, scolopendra, characoid, more...

Opposite:
scylla, safe, secure, protected

Phrases:
Between Scylla and Charybdis, scylla and charybdis, more...

Adjectives:
terrible, other, opposite, mighty, dreadful, dire, divine, deadly, dread, sudden, dangerous

Colors:
    midnight blue,     ocean blue,     abyssal blue,     dark teal,     stormy gray, more...

▸ Words similar to charybdis

▸ Usage examples for charybdis

▸ Idioms related to charybdis

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing charybdis

▸ Words that often appear near charybdis

▸ Rhymes of charybdis

▸ Invented words related to charybdis

Similar:
Scylla, maelstrom, chelydre, suck, cross sea, sea cradle, aspidochelone, scyllarid, scolopendra, characoid, more...

Opposite:
scylla, safe, secure, protected

Phrases:
Between Scylla and Charybdis, scylla and charybdis, more...

Adjectives:
terrible, other, opposite, mighty, dreadful, dire, divine, deadly, dread, sudden, dangerous

Colors:
    midnight blue,     ocean blue,     abyssal blue,     dark teal,     stormy gray, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "charybdis" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Compound Your Joy