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View definitions for beneath

beneath

adverb as in in a lower place

Strong match

Weak match

preposition as in inferior

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McCauley may have married beneath her station, but Gordon-Levitt has obsessive fans.

So for the 12 years he spent at Aldgate, Chaucer was mostly alone, with a teeming urban scene literally beneath his feet.

The train was already in motion as she tried to step inside, and her body was crushed beneath it.

And there are a few nice things buried beneath the rubble that I could use in my apartment.

But beneath all the shiny esteem, the 25-year-old Wright led a seedy double life.

Two young lovers were exchanging their hearts' yearnings beneath the children's tent, which they had found unoccupied.

She looked up in his face, leaning on his arm beneath the encircling shadow of the umbrella which he had lifted.

Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.

Some of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.

During this conversation Harry's right hand was resting beneath his jacket, grasping the butt of his revolver.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to beneath, such as: below, and underneath.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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