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under-ground

under-ground is the alternative form of underground.

Meaning of underground

Adverb

underground (comparative more underground, superlative most underground)

  1. Below the ground.
    • The tunnel goes underground at this point.
    Synonyms:
    belowground
  2. Secretly.

See all 11 meanings of underground

Forms of under-ground

comparativemore under-ground
superlativemost under-ground

Questions about under-ground

What is under-ground the alternative form of?
Under-ground is the alternative form of underground.

Words near under-ground in the dictionary

  1. under-eye
  2. under-eye bag
  3. under-eye bags
  4. under-eyes
  5. under-fired
  6. under-ground
  7. under-grounder
  8. under-grounders
  9. under-handed
  10. under-handedly
  11. under-handedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: under-ground (page history and authors); underground (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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