UNDERGROUND Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word underground. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for UNDERGROUND
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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 | ||||||||