| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | beneath |
| Synonyms: | below, down, under, underneath |
| Antonyms: | above, over |
| Main Entry: | downtrodden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | afflicted, abused |
| Synonyms: | a slave to, abject, at one's beck and call, at one's feet, at one's mercy, destitute, distressed, exploited, have-not, helpless, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, led by the nose, maltreated, mistreated, needy, oppressed, overcome, persecuted, subjugated, subservient, suppressed, tyrannized, under one's thumb, underdog*, underfoot |
| Antonyms: | happy, respected, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | oppressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | downtrodden |
| Synonyms: | a slave to, abject, abused, at one's feet, at one's mercy, burdened, destitute, distressed, enslaved, exploited, have-not, helpless, maltreated, mistreated, persecuted, subservient, suppressed, tormented, tyrannized, under one's thumb, underfoot |
| Main Entry: | subterranean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, underground |
| Synonyms: | below ground, buried, covered, covert, hush-hush, on the QT, private, secret, subterrestrial, subversive, sunken, under wraps, underfoot |
| Main Entry: | underground |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | below the surface |
| Synonyms: | below ground, buried, covered, in the recesses, subterranean, subterrestrial, sunken, underfoot |
| Antonyms: | aboveground, ground, sky |
| Main Entry: | hypogeal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underground |
| Synonyms: | below ground, buried, covered, hypogean, hypogeous, in the recesses, subterranean, subterrestrial, sunken, underfoot |
| Main Entry: | hypogean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underground |
| Synonyms: | below ground, buried, covered, hypogeal, hypogeous, in the recesses, subterranean, subterrestrial, sunken, underfoot |
| Main Entry: | hypogeous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underground |
| Synonyms: | below ground, buried, covered, hypogeal, hypogean, in the recesses, subterranean, subterrestrial, sunken, underfoot |