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View synonyms for underwater

underwater

[ uhn-der-waw-ter, -wot-er ]

adjective

  1. existing or occurring under water.
  2. designed to be used under water.
  3. located below a ship's waterline.


adverb

  1. beneath the water:

    to travel underwater.

noun

  1. the water beneath the surface:

    cold currents in the underwater.

  2. underwaters, the depths, as of a sea, lake, etc.

underwater

/ ˈʌndəˈwɔːtə /

adjective

  1. being, occurring, or going under the surface of the water, esp the sea

    underwater exploration

  2. nautical below the water line of a vessel
  3. (of a stock option or other asset) having a market value below its purchase value


adverb

  1. beneath the surface of the water

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Word History and Origins

Origin of underwater1

First recorded in 1620–30; under- + water

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Example Sentences

It was a strangely shaped block, due to the area once being underwater, and he took it home with him to examine closer.

The fundamental issue: the boundaries of the underwater Lomonosov Ridge.

Four years later, when Hurricane Katrina hit, 80 percent of the city went underwater, at an average level of four feet.

Theoretically, the ship can take on all comers in the air, sea, underwater or on land.

While attempting to pull a bin of canned food toward him, Bob is momentarily pulled underwater by a walker sneak-attack.

Here could be found the dry inner caves with underwater entrances, which they favored for their group homes.

There was only just time to rescue her crew before she too added herself to the underwater barricade.

After a long time the normal course of underwater life resumed.

This was a power outlet from his battery that was used to operate motorized tools and lights underwater.

When Coleman, he's the local big-shot, called the agencies for an underwater robot, I was packed into a new body and sent running.

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