underlying

underlying is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles. Face value is 15 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.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.
2. adjective. in the nature of something though not readily apparent

   "shortcomings inherent in our approach"

   "an underlying meaning"

   Synonyms: inherent

3. adjective. being or involving basic facts or principles

   "the fundamental laws of the universe"

   "a fundamental incomatibility between them"

   Synonyms: fundamental, rudimentary

4. adjective. located beneath or below

Synonyms

inherent, fundamental, rudimentary

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in underlying:

enduringly

Common word forms

underly, underlye, underlyingly

Words from these letters

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