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Definitions for Underground

[1] beneath the surface of the ground: traveling underground by subway.
[2] in concealment or secrecy; not openly: subversion carried on underground.
[3] existing, situated, operating, or taking place beneath the surface of the ground.
[4] used, or for use, underground.
[5] hidden or secret; not open: underground political activities.
[6] published or produced by political or social radicals or nonconformists: an underground newspaper.
[7] avant-garde; experimental: an underground movie.
[8] critical of or attacking the established society or system: underground opinion.
[9] of or for nonconformists; unusual: an underground vegetarian restaurant.
[10] the place or region beneath the surface of the ground.
[11] an underground space or passage.
[12] a secret organization fighting the established government or occupation forces: He fought in the French underground during the Nazi occupation of France.
[13] (often initial capital letter ) a movement or group existing outside the establishment and usually reflecting unorthodox, avant-garde, or radical views.
[14] Chiefly British . a subway system.
[15] to place beneath the surface of the ground: to underground utility lines.
[16] occurring, situated, or used below ground level an underground tunnel ; an underground explosion
[17] secret; hidden underground activities
[18] going below ground level the tunnel led underground
[19] into hiding or secrecy the group was driven underground
[20] a space or region below ground level
[21] a movement dedicated to overthrowing a government or occupation forces, as in the European countries occupied by the German army in World War II (as modifier ) an underground group
[22] the underground an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels US and Canadian equivalent: subway
[23] (usually preceded by the) any avant-garde, experimental, or subversive movement in popular art, films, music, etc (as modifier ) the underground press ; underground music

Words related to Underground

subterranean, buried, clandestine, hidden, experimental, private, revolutionary, covert, alternative, avant-garde, radical, sunken, underfoot, subterrestrial, concealed, hush-hush, resistant, surreptitious, unbowed, unconventional

Words nearby Underground

undergird, underglaze, undergo, undergrad, undergraduate, underground, underground movie, underground railroad, underground trolley, undergrown, undergrowth

Origin of Underground

First recorded in 1565–75; under- + ground1

Synonyms for Underground

buried, covered, subterranean, below ground, in the recesses, subterrestrial, sunken, underfoot