underground
underground is a 11-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.
- adjective. Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment.
- adjective. Done or occurring out of sight; secret.
- adverb. Beneath the surface of the earth.
- noun. an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
"in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"
- noun. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- adjective. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
"clandestine intelligence operations"
"cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"
- adjective. under the level of the ground
"belowground storage areas"
"underground caverns"
- adverb. beneath the surface of the earth
"water flowing underground"
- adverb. in or into hiding or secret operation
"the organization was driven underground"
Synonyms
metro, subway, tube, resistance, clandestine, secret, surreptitious, undercover, belowground
Common word forms
undergrounds, undergrounder, undergroundness
Words from these letters
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