ADVERB | all | underground | in or into hiding or secret operation |
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all | underground | beneath the surface of the earth | |
ADJECTIVE | all | underground, belowground | under the level of the ground |
all | underground, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover | conducted with or marked by hidden / hidden aims or methods | |
NOUN | group | underground, resistance | a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
artifact | underground, metro, tube, subway system, subway | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) |
Sounds | ah'ndergraw.nd | |
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Rhymes | abound ... wound: 56 rhymes with awnd... |
Meaning | Under the level of the ground. | |
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Example | "underground caverns" | |
Synonym | belowground | |
Broader | subsurface | Beneath the surface |
Spanish | subterráneo | |
Catalan | subterrani |
Meaning | Conducted with or marked by hidden / hidden aims or methods. | |
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Example | "underground resistance" | |
Synonyms | clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover | |
Broader | covert | Secret or hidden / hidden |
Spanish | clandestina, clandestino, encubierto, escondido, oculto, secreto | |
Catalan | amagat, clandestí, encobert, ocult, secret | |
Nouns | underground | a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
Meaning | A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force. | |
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Synonym | resistance | |
Narrower | Maquis | The French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II |
Broader | revolutionary group | A political unit organized to promote revolution |
Spanish | resistencia | |
Catalan | resistència | |
Adjectives | underground | conducted with or marked by hidden / hidden aims or methods |
Meaning | An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city). | |
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Example | "in Paris the subway system is called the 'metro' and in London it is called the 'tube' or the 'underground'" | |
Synonyms | metro, tube, subway system, subway | |
Broader | railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
Spanish | metrô, metro, metropolitano, subte, tren subterráneo | |
Catalan | metro, metropolità |
Meaning | In or into hiding or secret operation. | |
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Example | "the organization was driven underground" |
Meaning | Beneath the surface of the earth. | |
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Example | "water flowing underground" |
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