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The synonyms of “Subterranean” are: subterraneous, ulterior, hellish, lower, nether, buried, sunken
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “subterranean” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| 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. |
| 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. |
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