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| Main Entry: | under |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | below |
| Synonyms: | beneath, bottom, down, downward, inferior, lower, nether, supporting, underneath, concealed by, covered by, held down, on the bottom, on the nether side, on the underside, pinned, pressed down, to the bottom |
| Antonyms: | above, higher, more, over, up, upward |
| Main Entry: | under |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | secondary |
| Synonyms: | amenable, belonging, collateral, consequent, corollary, dependent, directed, following, governed, included, inferior, junior, lesser, low, lower, obedient, reporting, sub, subject, subordinate, subsequent, subservient, subsidiary, in the power of, obeying, subjugated, substract, subsumed |
| Antonyms: | major, primary |
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| Main Entry: | below |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
| Definition: | lower |
| Synonyms: | beneath, down, under, underneath, down from |
| Antonyms: | above, over |
| Main Entry: | beneath |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | inferior |
| Synonyms: | below, lesser, subject, subordinate, under, underneath, less than, lower than, unbefitting, unworthy of |
| Antonyms: | above, higher, over, superior |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indirect, secondary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accompanying, ancillary, attendant, auxiliary, circuitous, coincident, complementary, concomitant, concurrent, coordinate, corresponding, corroborative, dependent, incident, lateral, parallel, related, roundabout, satellite, side, sub, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, under, added, adjunctive, adjuvant, appurtenant, confirmatory, not lineal |
| Antonyms: | chief, direct, main, primary, principal |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under, inferior |
| Synonyms: | bush-league*, junior, lesser, low, minor, nether, reduced, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, under, curtailed, decreased, diminished, lessened, lower rung, pared down, second-class, second-fiddle, second-string |
| Antonyms: | higher, important, superior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at the mercy of; answerable |
| Synonyms: | accountable, apt, at one's feet, bound by, captive, collateral, conditional, contingent, controlled, dependent, directed, disposed, enslaved, exposed, governed, in danger of, inferior, liable, likely, obedient, open, prone, provisional, ruled, satellite, secondary, sensitive, servile, slavish, sub*, subaltern, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient, substract, susceptible, tentative, tributary, under, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | master |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lesser, supplementary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, ancillary, auxiliary, below par, collateral, dependent, inferior, insignificant, junior, low, lower, minor, paltry, satellite, secondary, smaller, sub, subaltern, subject, submissive, subservient, subsidiary, tributary, under, unequal, adjuvant, baser, contributory, second-fiddle, second-string, subalternate, subnormal, substract, underaverage |
| Antonyms: | chief, important, major, necessary, superior, vital |
| Main Entry: | tributary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secondary; branch |
| Synonyms: | accessory, dependent, minor, satellite, shoot, side, sub, subject, subordinate, under, feeding |
| Antonyms: | original, primary, source |
| Main Entry: | underneath |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
| Definition: | below |
| Synonyms: | beneath, bottom, covered, lower, nether, under, neath |
| Antonyms: | above, over, up |
| Main Entry: | dependent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, helpless |
| Synonyms: | clinging, debased, defenseless, immature, indigent, inferior, lesser, minor, poor, secondary, subordinate, under, vulnerable, abased, counting on, humbled, reliant, relying on, tied to apron strings, under thumb, unsustaining |
| Antonyms: | independent, mature, strong, unreliant |
| Main Entry: | down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | below; physically lower |
| Synonyms: | depressed, downgrade, downhill, downward, falling, inferior, nether, sinking, subjacent, under, underneath, bottomward, cascading, declining, descending, dropping, earthward, gravitating, groundward, precipitating, sagging, sliding, slipping, slumping, to the bottom |
| Antonyms: | above, higher |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | less in rank, importance |
| Synonyms: | bottom, junior, less, lesser, lower, menial, minor, minus, nether, peon, second, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, subsidiary, under, underneath, back seat, bottom-rung, entry-level, second-banana, second-fiddle, second-string |
| Antonyms: | best, better, extraordinary, first-class, first-rate, foremost, superior |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close to the ground; short |
| Synonyms: | below, beneath, bottom, deep, depressed, flat, inferior, junior, lesser, level, little, lowering, minor, nether, profound, prostrate, shallow, small, squat, stunted, subjacent, sunken, under, bottommost, crouched, decumbent, ground-level, low-hanging, low-lying, low-set, not high, rock-bottom, squatty, subsided, unelevated |
| Antonyms: | above, high, tall |
| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subordinate; less important |
| Synonyms: | accessory, alternate, auxiliary, backup, bush-league*, collateral, consequential, contingent, dependent, dinky*, extra, inferior, insignificant, lesser, lower, minor, petty, relief, reserve, second, second-rate, small, small-time*, subject, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, trivial, under, unimportant, inconsiderable, minor-league, small-fry, substract |
| Antonyms: | first-class, first-rate, important, primary, superior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | underfoot |
| Part of Speech: | adverb1 |
| Definition: | beneath |
| Synonyms: | below, down, under, underneath |
| Antonyms: | above, over |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | secrecy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
invisible, low, top, abditive, alphanumeric, arcane, auricular, backdoor, backstage, backstairs, behind, behind a screen, buttoned up, cabalistic, clancular, clandestine, classified, close, close as wax, clouded, concealed, confidential, covert, cryptic, cryptical, dark, doggo, esoteric, evasive, feline, furtive, hidden, hole and corner, hush, in a dark corner, in a fog, in a haze, in a mist, in ambush, in disguise, in hiding, in petto, in the dark, in the shade, incognito, inviolable, irrevealable, mysterious, mystic, not to be spoken of, oblique, obreptitious, obscure, occult, private, privy, recondite, reserved, reticent, secluded, secret, secretive, skulking, sly, stealthy, sub rosa, subterranean, surreptitious, taciturn, uncommunicative, under, under an eclipse, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, undisclosed, untold, wise, wrapt in clouds
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