EGAVE

underground

About 10.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
    There is an underground tunnel that takes you across the river.
  2. adjective Hidden, furtive, secretive.
    These criminals operate through an underground network.
  3. adjective Of or relating to an art forms (such as music) or subculture that is outside the mainstream, especially one that is unofficial and hidden from the authorities.
    underground music
  4. adverb Below the ground.
    The tunnel goes underground at this point.
  5. adverb Secretly.
  6. noun The regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).
  7. noun Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.
    London Underground
  8. noun A movement or organization of people who resist political convention.
    the French underground during World War II

Similar words

belowground subsurface metro subway tube guerilla guerrilla covert undercover cloak-and-dagger

Often followed by

railroad water and in storage economy railway to movement

Word family

undergrounds

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