Beneath

//bɪˈniːθ//

Synonyms for "beneath" (8 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

below underneath

Strong matches (2)

Adverb(1 words)

at a lower place

at lower place

Related words (4)

Adverb(2 words)

below to a lower place

subordinate under

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

4 entries

above on top over top

Synonyms

4 entries

at lower place below under underneath

derived

5 entries

bag beneath one's eye bag beneath the eye beneath contempt beneath the surface beneathness

distinct from

4 entries

above below over top

etymologically related_to

1 entries

nether

related to

32 entries

above adjective almost almost correct be knee be niece bee bees bees knees below bottom conceal correct cover direction knee

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Translations

71 translations across 32 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ὑπό prep (below)

Arabic

4 entries

تحت adv (below or underneath)
تَحْت adv (below or underneath)
أَسْفَل prep (below)
تحت prep (below)

Armenian

1 entries

տակ prep (below)

Bulgarian

2 entries

отдолу prep (below)
под prep (below)

Catalan

2 entries

sota adv (below or underneath)
sota prep (below)

Czech

1 entries

pod prep (below)

Dutch

4 entries

beneden adv (below or underneath)
onder adv (below or underneath)
onder prep (below)
onder prep (to a lower position)

Esperanto

2 entries

sube adv (below or underneath)
sub prep (below)

Finnish

4 entries

alla adv (below or underneath)
alapuolella prep (below)
alapuolelle prep (to a lower position)
alla prep (below)

French

2 entries

dessous adv (below or underneath)
sous prep (below)

Galician

2 entries

abaixo adv (below or underneath)
so adv (below or underneath)

German

2 entries

unter prep (below)
unter prep (to a lower position)

Hungarian

4 entries

alul adv (below or underneath)
lent adv (below or underneath)
alatt prep (below)
alatt prep (concealed or covered up)

Irish

2 entries

ar íochtar adv (below or underneath)
faoi bhun prep (below)

Italian

1 entries

sotto adv (below or underneath)

Korean

1 entries

아래에 adv (below or underneath)

Latin

3 entries

subter adv (below or underneath)
subtus adv (below or underneath)
sub prep (below)

Marathi

1 entries

खाली prep (below)

Norwegian

1 entries

under prep (below)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

آشاغی adv (below or underneath)

Polish

2 entries

pod adv (below or underneath)
poniżej adv (below or underneath)

Portuguese

3 entries

abaixo adv (below or underneath)
embaixo adv (below or underneath)
embaixo de prep (below)

Romanian

2 entries

dedesubt prep (below)
sub prep (below)

Russian

2 entries

ни́же prep (to a lower position)
под prep (below)

Scots

1 entries

aneath prep (below)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

fo prep (below)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

ispod adv (below or underneath)
ispod prep (below)
naniže prep (to a lower position)
pod prep (below)

Spanish

3 entries

bajo adv (below or underneath)
abajo de prep (below)
bajo de prep (below)

Swedish

1 entries

under adv (below or underneath)

Tocharian B

1 entries

ñor adv (below or underneath)

Turkish

1 entries

altında adv (below or underneath)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ни́жче adv (below or underneath)
під adv (below or underneath)
ни́жче prep (to a lower position)
під prep (below)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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The money was hidden beneath the floorboards.

Source: tatoeba (18584)

The ice will crack beneath our weight.

Source: tatoeba (23391)

It is beneath my dignity to ask a favor.

Source: tatoeba (25480)

It is beneath him to say such a thing.

Source: tatoeba (41597)

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