UNDERGROUND Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word underground. (close relations)
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| subterranean | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • being or operating under the surface of the earth • lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) | ||||||
| belowground | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • under the level of the ground • underneath the ground | ||||||
| concealed | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • hidden on any grounds for any motive adjective satellite • not accessible to view | ||||||
| covert | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed noun • a flock of coots • a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something adjective satellite • (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband | ||||||
| hidden | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • not accessible to view • designed to elude detection • difficult to find | ||||||
| subsurface | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • beneath the surface | ||||||
| subterraneous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • being or operating under the surface of the earth • lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) | ||||||
| subterrene | verb, nounv, n | |||||
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| subterrestrial | adjectiveadj | |||||
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| resistance | nounn | |||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||
| alternative | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen adjective satellite • serving or used in place of another • necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities • pertaining to unconventional choices | ||||||
| avant-garde | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) adjective satellite • radically new or original | ||||||
| counterculture | nounn | |||||
noun • a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture | ||||||
| metro | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | ||||||
| tube | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases • electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope • a hollow cylindrical shape • (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure • an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) verb • provide with a tube or insert a tube into • convey in a tube • ride or float on an inflated tube • place or enclose in a tube | ||||||
| unconventional | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not conforming to accepted rules or standards • not conventional or conformist adjective satellite • not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention | ||||||
| clandestinely | adverbadv | |||||
adverb • In a secret or covert manner. • In an illicit way, i.e. not permitted by the law or regulations. | ||||||
| hypogean | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • Existing or growing underground. | ||||||
| in secret | ||||||
adverb • in secrecy; not openly | ||||||
| clandestine | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | ||||||