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under-currents

noun as in maelstrom

noun as in overtone

noun as in undertone

noun as in whirlpool

noun as in undertow

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The under currents of the lake are strong, and may have easily swept him away.

The main issue was fully enough for me, and it was only in passing flashes that I followed the play of the warring under-currents.

The symmetry of the Atlantic is still more striking in its under-currents and the winds and breezes that sweep over it.

A mind without tension, its roots are not in the somewhat barbarous under-currents of the nation.

No doubt there were, as we see it plainly now, under currents in all directions from the Tsarskoe Selo.

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On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to under-currents, such as: vortex, eddy, stir, swirl, undercurrent, and undertow.

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