subterranean

(sŭb'tə-rā'nē-ən)
adj.

1. Situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground.
2. Hidden; secret: subterranean motives for murder.

[Latin subterrāneus : sub-, sub- + terra, earth.]

subterraneanly sub'ter·ra'ne·an·ly adv.

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adjective

Located or operating beneath the earth's surface: hypogeal, hypogean, hypogeous, subterrestrial, underground. See surface/depth.

For a list of words related to subterranean, see:

• Introverted, Reserved, Isolated, or Mysterious
• Secrecy and Concealment - subterranean: (adj) operating secretly outside normal society

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Common misspelling(s) of subterranean

• subterranian

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - underjordisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderaards, ondergronds, verborgen

Français (French)
adj. - souterrain

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unterirdisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (γεωλ.) υπόγειος, (μτφ.) κρυφός, κρυμμένος

Italiano (Italian)
sotterraneo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - subterrâneo

Русский (Russian)
подземелье, пещерный житель, подземный, тайный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - subterráneo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - underjordisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
地下的, 秘密的, 隐蔽的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 地下的, 秘密的, 隱蔽的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지하의, 찾기 힘든 곳의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 地下の, 隠れた, 秘密の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تحت سطح الارض , سري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮תת-קרקעי, מוסתר‬

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