Antonyms for subterranean
ˌsʌb təˈreɪ ni ənsub·ter·ranean

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1. subterraneanadjective

   Synonyms:
   underground, subterraneous, subterrene

2. subterraneanadjective

   below ground, under the earth, underground

   Synonyms:
   subterrene, underground, subterraneous

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1. subterranean, subterraneousadjective

   being or operating under the surface of the earth

   "subterranean passages"; "a subsurface flow of water"

   Antonyms:
   overhead, surface, overt, open

   Synonyms:
   subterraneous, ulterior

2. subterranean, subterraneous, ulterioradjective

   lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)

   "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell

   Antonyms:
   surface, overt, open, overhead

   Synonyms:
   later(a), subterraneous, ulterior, posterior

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1. elevated

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use subterranean in a sentence?

1. Norman Mailer:

   There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in advertisements.

2. Gary Zimet:

   They are not quite as important, as iconic, 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' is certainly a major, major song but not in the same league as 'The Times They Are A-Changin'.

3. Tom Hatton:

   Therefore, the EPA concluded the proposal would threaten the viability of some species of subterranean fauna, animals which live underground, such as stygofauna.

4. Ed Vargo:

   You have the two most destructive subterranean termite species in the world, and here they are, brought together through human activity, being introduced together in a place where they're not native, and they're hybridizing.

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