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Synonyms for surface
ˈsɜr fɪssur·face
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Princeton's WordNet
surfacenoun
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
"there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"
Synonyms:
control surface, airfoil, open, aerofoilAntonyms:
underwater, subsurface, submarine, subterraneous, belowground, submerged, overhead, subterranean, submersed, underground, underseasurfacenoun
the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
"they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"
Synonyms:
control surface, airfoil, open, aerofoilAntonyms:
submersed, undersea, belowground, underwater, subterraneous, submarine, subterranean, submerged, overhead, subsurface, undergroundsurface, Earth's surfacenoun
the outermost level of the land or sea
"earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
Synonyms:
control surface, airfoil, open, aerofoilAntonyms:
belowground, overhead, undersea, underwater, submerged, subterranean, subsurface, submarine, underground, subterraneous, submersedsurfacenoun
a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
"it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"
Synonyms:
control surface, airfoil, open, aerofoilAntonyms:
submarine, submersed, overhead, submerged, belowground, underwater, subterraneous, undersea, subsurface, subterranean, undergroundopen, surfacenoun
information that has become public
"all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"
Synonyms:
aerofoil, open, out-of-doors, outdoors, control surface, airfoil, clear, open airAntonyms:
belowground, underground, undersea, submerged, submersed, subsurface, overhead, submarine, underwater, subterraneous, subterraneanairfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surfaceadjective
a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
Synonyms:
control surface, airfoil, open, aerofoilAntonyms:
subterraneous, overhead, submerged, submersed, undersea, belowground, underwater, submarine, subsurface, underground, subterraneansurfaceverb
on the surface
"surface materials of the moon"
Antonyms:
submarine, undersea, subsurface, overhead, submersed, submerged, underground, underwater, subterraneous, belowground, subterraneansurface, come up, rise up, riseverb
come to the surface
Synonyms:
line up, rise, stand up, get hold, summon, muster up, uprise, find, wax, come on, coat, originate, go up, rally, lift, climb up, arise, spring up, come up, grow, scrape up, scrape, rebel, bob up, resurrect, ascend, go on, scratch, develop, climb, heighten, get up, prove, move up, muster, turn out, jump, show up, turn up, come, mount, rise up, come out, rearAntonyms:
subsurface, submarine, submerged, belowground, overhead, subterranean, subterraneous, underground, undersea, underwater, submersedcoat, surfaceverb
put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
"coat the cake with chocolate"
Synonyms:
turn up, show up, rise, come up, coat, cake, come on, come out, rise upAntonyms:
underwater, overhead, subterraneous, subterranean, underground, submarine, subsurface, belowground, submerged, undersea, submersedcome on, come out, turn up, surface, show upverb
appear or become visible; make a showing
"She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"
Synonyms:
start, rise, bulge out, place, step up, come along, get along, protrude, fall out, break through, progress, out, go forth, come on, come out of the closet, bulge, go up, advance, come in, step forward, step to the fore, show, dig up, fold up, come up, pop out, egress, draw close, draw near, bug out, go on, prove, coat, come to the fore, get on, push through, approach, erupt, fold, excavate, turn out, emerge, shape up, show up, turn up, pop, issue, appear, come near, come forward, come out, rise up, come forth, near, locateAntonyms:
subterranean, undersea, belowground, overhead, underground, underwater, submersed, submerged, submarine, subsurface, subterraneous
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
surfacenoun
Synonyms:
superficies, exterior, outside, external part
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
surfacenoun
Synonyms:
exterior, outside, superficies
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "surface":
superficial, area, coating, surfaces, surficial, acreage, surface-active, shallow, above-ground, ground, cursory, surface-water, size, facie, perfunctory, face
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#60 | out | |
#100 | find | |
#253 | area | |
#268 | show | |
#283 | open | |
#316 | place | |
#337 | size | |
#474 | start | |
#504 | come | |
#604 | issue | |
#907 | clear | |
#973 | face | |
#989 | near | |
#1266 | approach | |
#1346 | ground | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1523 | pop | |
#1653 | surface | |
#1728 | progress | |
#1837 | advance | |
#1861 | jump | |
#1908 | appear | |
#2206 | mount | |
#2703 | rise | |
#2887 | outdoors | |
#2923 | grow | |
#3398 | rear | |
#4242 | cake | |
#4340 | prove | |
#4499 | lift | |
#4911 | locate | |
#5341 | coat | |
#6423 | fold | |
#6609 | rally | |
#6917 | surfaces | |
#7087 | arise | |
#7665 | scratch | |
#8420 | rebel | |
#8474 | wax | |
#8809 | coating | |
#9251 | climb | |
#10283 | shallow | |
#11159 | emerge | |
#16877 | acreage | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#21569 | originate | |
#27038 | muster | |
#28274 | bulge | |
#29505 | summon | |
#29929 | ascend | |
#30625 | egress | |
#32424 | scrape | |
#34152 | facie | |
#46777 | heighten | |
#49265 | cursory | |
#53129 | erupt | |
#53917 | resurrect | |
#62184 | airfoil | |
#74759 | surficial | |
#76481 | excavate | |
#84682 | protrude | |
#92204 | perfunctory | |
#207890 | uprise | |
#271093 | aerofoil |
How to use surface in a sentence?
There are very few basements in Louisiana, very few people live below, or even have a part of their house below the land surface, architecture and the local high water table -- which makes people not want to build basements and the fact that simply most houses are elevated, even with the same kind of rapid flooding that happened in New York Citys, if that had occurred in Louisiana, you wouldn't have seen the fatalities.
What's particularly unique about this carnivorous plant is that it traps insects near its insect-pollinated flowers, on the surface, this seems like a conflict between carnivory and pollination because you don't want to kill the insects that are helping you reproduce.
Hollows are one of the surprises in terms of the geological processes that shape the surface at small scales.
Rain ultimately flows back to sea, and because it is freshwater rather than saltwater, it is less dense than the seawater it is draining into, this means it can form a cap at the surface rather than sinking and circulating.
Democrat Congressman Joe Courtney:
China’s missile force is really, in my opinion, the real reason that’s driving this decision, because surface ships right now are so vulnerable.
Translations for surface
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- oppervlakAfrikaans
- سطحArabic
- superfícieCatalan, Valencian
- povrchCzech
- arwynebWelsh
- overfladeDanish
- OberflächeGerman
- αναδύομαιGreek
- surfacoEsperanto
- superficieSpanish
- paljastua, tulla julkiFinnish
- surface, faire surfaceFrench
- uachtarIrish
- superficieGalician
- felszínHungarian
- permukaanIndonesian
- surfacoIdo
- superficieItalian
- משטחHebrew
- 表面Japanese
- 표면Korean
- superficiesLatin
- virsmaLatvian
- karetai, mata, kārewa, maieaMāori
- ഉപരിതലംMalayalam
- permukaanMalay
- overflate, dekkeNorwegian
- boven water komen, aan de oppervlakte brengen, opduiken, oppervlakDutch
- overflate, dekkeNorwegian Nynorsk
- powierzchniaPolish
- superfíciePortuguese
- suprafațăRomanian
- всплывать, поверхность, выяснятьсяRussian
- по̏вршина, ìsplivati, izroniti, ѝспливати, изронити, pȍvršinaSerbo-Croatian
- povrchSlovak
- površinaSlovene
- ytaSwedish
- ఉపరితలంTelugu
- พื้นผิวThai
- yüzeyTurkish
- поверхняUkrainian
- mặtVietnamese
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