underground
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
Types & categories
- revolutionary group hypernym
- Maquis hyponym
Related & opposite
- clandestine derivation
Sense 2 adjective
under the level of the ground
belowground storage areas
Related & opposite
- subsurface similar to
Sense 3 adverb
in or into hiding or secret operation
the organization was driven underground
Sense 4 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'
Types & categories
- railway line hypernym
Sense 5 adjective
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
clandestine intelligence operations
Related & opposite
- underground derivation
- covert similar to
Sense 6 adverb
beneath the surface of the earth
water flowing underground
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clandestine |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | revolutionary group |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Maquis |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | subsurface |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | railway line |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | underground |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | covert |