Synonyms for subterraneous

Synonyms for (adj) subterraneous

Synonyms: ulterior, subterranean, subterraneous

Definition: lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)

Usage: subterranean motives for murder; looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge- Bertrand Russell

Similar words: covert

Definition: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

Usage: covert actions by the CIA; covert funding for the rebels


Synonyms: subterranean, subterraneous

Definition: being or operating under the surface of the earth

Usage: subterranean passages; a subsurface flow of water

Similar words: subsurface

Definition: beneath the surface

Usage: subsurface materials of the moon


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