Synonyms for beneath
bɪˈniθ, -ˈniðbe·neath

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1. beneath

   Synonyms:
   below, underneath, under, adown

   Antonyms:
   above, over, overhead, aloft

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1. below, at a lower place, to a lower place, beneathadverb

   in or to a place that is lower

   Synonyms:
   on a lower floor, at a lower place, infra, below, under, to a lower place, downstairs, down the stairs

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1. beneathprep.

   Synonyms:
   under, underneath, below

2. beneathprep.

   Synonyms:
   unbecoming, unbefitting, unworthy of

3. beneathadjective

   Synonyms:
   below

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1. List of paraphrases for "beneath":

   below, under, underneath

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1. Deputy Shipping Minister Thodoris Dritsas:

   What appears to have been ...proposed (by the EU executive)... is beneath expectations in every way.

2. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin:

   The Republican Majority Leader announced over the weekend that he was going to hold this nomination of Loretta Lynch until the bill, which is pending before the Senate passes, whenever that may be, and so Loretta Lynch, the first African-American woman nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar. That is unfair. It's unjust. It is beneath the decorum and dignity of the United States Senate. This woman deserves fairness.

3. Christopher Wilson:

   We're still thinking about migration with a vision that's maybe 20 years old at this point. We're not -- as the public or even as policymakers -- catching up fully, the ground has shifted beneath our feet, and we're still operating as if it's the old world.

4. Joanna Barstow:

   Gliese 1214 b is a type of planet we call a Super-Earth -- a bit bigger than Earth, a bit smaller than Neptune. It's not dense enough to be rocky so it's probably like a warm mini-Neptune. There's nothing like it in our solar system and we don't really know what to expect, on my wish list for the future is a telescope to study exoplanets like Gliese 1214 b in more detail. I want to know what's going on beneath that cloud layer !

5. K. D. Lang:

   Even in the darkest phase be it thick or thin, always someone marches brave here beneath my skin.