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Under

adjective
/ˈʊndə/
Word Frequency: 392.2

Definitions

1.adjectiveBeing lower; being beneath something.
2.adjectiveUnder anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
"Ensure the patient is sufficiently under."
3.adverbIn a way lower or less than.
4.adverbIn a way inferior to.
5.adverbIn an unconscious state.
"It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under."
6.prepositionIn or at a lower level than.
7.prepositionAs a subject of; subordinate to.
"He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley."
8.prepositionLess than.
9.prepositionBelow the surface of.
10.prepositionIn the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
"to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation"
11.prepositionAs, in the character of.
"he writes books under the name John Smith"

Synonyms

belowbeneathunderneathnethersubordinatelow-levellowlowerdownacrossthroughbehind

Antonyms

aboveover

Rhymes With

blunderplunderthundersunderasunderboy wondernewtown wonderunder-
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