subterranean
adj/ˌsʌbtəˈɹeɪniən/
Etymology
From Latin subterrāneus + -an. Compare subterrane and subterraneous.
- derived from subterrāneus + -an
Definitions
Below ground, under the earth, underground.
- Again the bearers took up the coffin, and cold and damp the subterranean air came from the opened vault. The tapers were lowered, and shed a ghastly light on the rows of piled coffins, and the moisture glittering on the walls.
- And you were in the parking lot / Subterranean by your own design
Secret, concealed.
- The subterranean tool of buying rigged opinion polling and media coverage is outlined in remarkable detail in chat exchanges recovered from the cellphone of one of Mr. Kurz’s closest allies and friends, Thomas Schmid.
Someone or something that is subterranean.
- [H]e continues Lean like a Hawke or Heron, notwith ſtanding his devouring Appetite: yet it would ſeem that they convey that ſubſtance elſewhere, for theſe Subterraneans eat but little in their Dwellings; […]
- Prue found an ample subterranean, neatly furnished; […]
The neighborhood
- synonymbelowground
- synonymchthonian
- synonymchthonic
- synonymcuniculate
- synonymsubterranean
- antonymaboveground
- antonymsuperterranean
- neighborterranean
- neighborchthonic
- neighbordeep
- neighborsubaqueous
- neighborburied
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for subterranean. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA