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1. underground - noun

· a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

Synonym(s): resistance

Hypernym(s): revolutionary_group




2. underground - noun

· 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'"

Synonym(s): metro, tube, subway_system, subway

Hypernym(s): railway, railroad, railroad_line, railway_line, railway_system




3. underground - adjective

· under the level of the ground; "belowground storage areas"; "underground caverns"

Synonym(s): belowground




4. underground - adjective

· 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"

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




5. underground - adverb

· in or into hiding or secret operation; "the organization was driven underground"




6. underground - adverb

· beneath the surface of the earth; "water flowing underground"





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