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Textual thesaurus for "underground"

(adj) secret, undercover, surreptitious, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

clandestine intelligence operations; cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines; hole-and-corner intrigue; secret missions; a secret agent; secret sales of arms; surreptitious mobilization of troops; an undercover investigation; underground resistance


(adj) belowground

under the level of the ground

belowground storage areas; underground caverns


(noun) metro, tube, subway, subway system

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'


(noun) resistance

a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force