go under

1. 1.

   go under

   “The raft sank and its occupants drowned”

   Synonymssinksettlego down

   Broaderdescend

   Narrowersubsidefoundersubmerge
2. 2.

   disappear beyond the horizon

   “the sun sets early these days”

   Synonymssetgo down

   Broaderdescend

   astronomy

3. 3.

   be called; go by a certain name

   “She goes by her maiden name again”

   Synonymsgo by

Questions about go under

What does go under mean?

go under means "go under". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for go under?

Close synonyms include sink, settle, go down, set, go down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is go under a common word?

go under is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.