subterranean

Questions about subterranean

What does subterranean mean?

subterranean means "being or operating under the surface of the earth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in subterranean?

subterranean has 5 syllables: sub-ter-ra-ne-an. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /səbtɚˈeɪniən/.

What is another word for subterranean?

Close synonyms include subterraneous, subterraneous, ulterior. 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 subterranean a common word?

subterranean 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.

What rhymes with subterranean?

2 words rhyme with subterranean. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.