Definitions

under

[uhn-der] / ˈʌn dər /

ADVERB

below

Synonyms

WEAK

beneath bottom concealed by covered by down downward held down inferior lower nether on the bottom on the nether side on the underside pinned pressed down supporting to the bottom underneath

Antonyms

WEAK

above higher major more over primary up upward

ADVERB

secondary

Synonyms

WEAK

amenable belonging collateral consequent corollary dependent directed following governed in the power of included inferior junior lesser low lower obedient obeying reporting sub subject subjugated subordinate subsequent subservient subsidiary substract subsumed

Antonyms

WEAK

above higher major more over primary up upward

Example Sentences

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After the GSA reported 7,000 under- or unused federal properties in 2015, President Barack Obama signed a law to facilitate federal asset sales.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2025

The series has the strange quality of being under- and overwritten; people don’t talk much, and when they do, they don’t necessarily talk like people: “There are 170,000 words in the English language,” says Bosko.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2024

There would be a "Southern Closure" on the territory's border with Egypt to prevent smuggling both under- and overground.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024

Now, we need everyone at home, in the office and everywhere people gather to be talking about building under- and overpasses along I-5.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

I could hear them arguing in under- tones.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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