undercurrent

1. 1.

   a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning

   Synonymsundertone

   Broadermeaning
2. 2.

   a current below the surface of a fluid

   Synonymsundertide

   Broadercurrent

   Narrowerundertow

   Part oftide

Other forms of undercurrent

plural

undercurrents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about undercurrent

What does undercurrent mean?

undercurrent means "a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in undercurrent?

undercurrent has 4 syllables: un-der-cur-rent. The stress falls on "un". In IPA it is /ˈʌndɚˌkɝənt/.

What is another word for undercurrent?

Close synonyms include undertone, undertide. 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 undercurrent a common word?

undercurrent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 undercurrent?

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