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   underground

   adverb

   • 1. beneath the surface of the ground: "miners working underground" Similar below groundbelow the surfaceunder the earthin the earth
   • ▪ in or into secrecy or hiding, especially as a result of carrying out subversive political activities: "many were forced to go underground by the government" Similar into hidinginto secrecyinto seclusionundercoverbehind closed doorsout of sight

   adjective

   • 1. situated beneath the surface of the ground: "an underground car park" Similar subterraneansubterrestrialbelow groundburiedsunkenlower-levelbasementrare:hypogeanOpposite surfaceoverhead
   • ▪ relating to or denoting the secret activities of people working to subvert an established order: "Czech underground literature" Similar clandestinesecretsurreptitiouscovertundercoverprivateconfidentialclosethole-and-cornercloak-and-daggerhugger-muggerback-alleybackstairstealthyconspiratorialconcealedhiddenshroudedsneakyslyunderhandshiftyfurtiveresistancesubversiveguerrillamercenaryrevolutionaryrebelliousdissidentinsurgentinsurrectionaryrenegademutinousblackinformal:hush-hush
   • ▪ relating to or denoting a group or movement seeking to explore alternative forms of lifestyle or artistic expression; radical and experimental: "the New York underground art scene" Similar alternativeradicalrevolutionaryunconventionalunorthodoxavant-gardeexperimentalinnovativegroundbreakingpioneeringnovelsubversive

   noun

   • 1. an underground railway, especially the one in London: British "travel chaos on the Underground" Similar metrounderground railwaysubwayinformal:tube
   • 2. a group or movement organized secretly to work against an existing regime: "the French underground" Similar resistance movementresistanceillegal oppositionpartisansguerrillasfreedom fightershistorical:Maquis
   • ▪ a member of an underground political group or movement: Indian "they appealed to the undergrounds to stop their violent activities"
   • 3. a group or movement seeking to explore alternative forms of lifestyle or artistic expression: "the late sixties underground"

   verb

   • 1. lay (cables) below ground level: "sections of electricity line had been undergrounded"

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