Antonyms for underground
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : adverb, uhn-der-ground; adjective, noun, verb uhn-der-ground |
| Phonetic Transcription : adverb, ˈʌn dərˈgraʊnd; adjective, noun, verb ˈʌn dərˌgraʊnd |
Definition of underground
Origin :- 1570s, "below the surface," from under + ground (n.). As an adjective, attested from c.1600; figurative sense of "hidden, secret" is attested from 1630s; adjectival meaning "subculture" is from 1953, from World War II application to resistance movements against German occupation, on analogy of the dominant culture and Nazis. Noun sense of "underground railway" is from 1887 (shortened from phrase underground railway, itself attested from 1834).
- adj below the surface
- adj secret, subversive
- A rude ladder was the usual mode of entrance into these underground dwellings.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- The five lowest levels were underground and all were labelled "Mineral Industries."
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- There, in his underground realm, she reigns all the cold winter months.
- Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
- Life, life, everywhere, and seemingly this underground world was endless.
- Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
- The lanes of this underground village were still fast asleep.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- That was the first o' the underground fights which took place on the Comstock.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- They are akin to what may be termed the underground religion in all ages and countries.
- Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
- Nevertheless, at nine o'clock he was going westward in the Underground.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- "I have somewhere to go," said Rosa, turning down to the Underground.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Chabrillane was a dangerous swordsman, and Chabrillane is underground.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
Synonyms for underground
- alternative
- avant-garde
- below ground
- buried
- clandestine
- concealed
- covered
- covert
- experimental
- hidden
- hush-hush
- in the recesses
- on the QT
- on the sly
- private
- radical
- resistant
- resistive
- revolutionary
- subterranean
- subterrestrial
- sunken
- surreptitious
- unbowed
- unconventional
- under wraps
- undercover
- underfoot
- unusual
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