charon

Noun

Meaning

The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hades cerberus erebus beelzebub titania fiend devil demon Callisto oberon Nyx boatman nox io Chiron
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Antonyms

god lord almighty father Holy Father deity
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Hypernyms

ferryman

Phrases with the word

Charon's obol

Anagrams

anchor archon rancho achorn noarch

Examples

He pinched the name tag and ran his fingers under the letters. "Can you read this, mate? It says C-H-A-R-O-N. Say it with me: CARE-ON." "Charon." "Amazing! Now: Mr. Charon." "Mr. Charon." "Well done. Rick Riordan

The great commandment of the narratives is that your life must be meaningful,” said Charon. "If knowing the truth strips the meaning away, then the truth must be suppressed. Karl Schroeder

Closest to Pluto is Charon, which is large enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium and to cause the barycenter of the Pluto–Charon system to be outside Pluto. Source: Internet

Beyond Charon there are four much smaller circumbinary moons, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Source: Internet

Charon and Pluto orbit each other every 6.387 days. Source: Internet

Charon is sufficiently massive to have collapsed into a spheroid under its own gravity. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Charo charoite Charolais Charon's obol Charonean Charonean staircase