SUBTERRANEAN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SUBTERRANEAN?

Need another word that means the same as “subterranean”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “subterranean” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Subterranean” are: subterraneous, ulterior, hellish, lower, nether, buried, sunken

Subterranean as an Adjective

Definitions of "Subterranean" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “subterranean” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed.
• Being or operating under the surface of the earth.
• Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)- Bertrand Russell.
• Secret; concealed.
• Existing, occurring, or done under the earth's surface.

Synonyms of "Subterranean" as an adjective (7 Words)

buried	Placed or hidden underground. Buried treasure.
hellish	Of or like hell. An unearthly hellish landscape.
lower	(of an animal or plant) showing relatively primitive or simple characteristics. Land of a lower quality.
nether	Located below or beneath something else. Nether regions.
subterraneous	Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed. Subterraneous catacombs.
sunken	Having a sunken area. Hunger gave their faces a sunken look.
ulterior	Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote. Could there be an ulterior motive behind his request.

Usage Examples of "Subterranean" as an adjective

• The subterranean world of the behind-the-scenes television power brokers.
• Subterranean passages.
• Subterranean motives for murder.
• The terrors and hazards of subterranean exploration.

Associations of "Subterranean" (30 Words)

aquifer	Underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc.
below	See below. He jumped from the window into the moat below.
beneath	In or to a place that is lower. The smile revealed the evil beneath.
burrow	A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling. Moles burrowing away underground.
cache	Provide hardware with a cache memory. There was a good supply of meat in the caches.
cave	Hollow out as if making a cave or opening. They say they cave for the adventure challenge and physical exercise.
cavern	Hollow out as if making a cavern. A dark cavern of a shop.
clandestine	Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit. Clandestine intelligence operations.
concealed	Not accessible to view. A concealed compartment in his briefcase.
covert	(of a wife) being under the protection of her husband. Covert funding for the rebels.
crypt	An underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place.
darkness	An unilluminated area. He moved off into the darkness.
den	A wild mammal s hidden home a lair. The cubs denned in the late autumn.
disguised	Having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading. Are all of your novels disguised autobiography.
dripstone	Rock deposited by precipitation from dripping water, such as that which forms stalactites and stalagmites.
excavate	Find by digging in the ground. Excavate a cavity.
furtive	Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. They spent a furtive day together.
hidden	Kept out of sight; concealed. Her hidden feelings.
invisible	Invisible exports and imports. An invisible hinge.
lair	The habitation of wild animals. A group of adventurers stormed into his mountain lair and killed him.
latency	The state of being not yet evident or active. The latency of tumours in mice.
posterior	Further back in position; of or nearer the rear or hind end. The posterior part of the gut.
secrecy	The action of keeping something secret or the state of being kept secret. The bidding is conducted in secrecy.
stalactite	A cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave.
stealthy	Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. Stealthy footsteps.
surreptitious	Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. Low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen.
ulterior	Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote- G.B.Shaw. Without any purpose immediate or ulterior.
undercover	Involving secret work within a community or organization, especially for the purposes of police investigation or espionage. He worked undercover in Northern Ireland.
underground	An underground railway especially the one in London. Sections of electricity line had been undergrounded.
underneath	The part or side of something facing towards the ground; the underside. A wart on the underneath of his foot.