I want a sub rosa investigation of the bodies.
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Sub
/sʌb/
Synonyms for "sub" (150 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (30)
act foragentalternatealternativeanalogybackupchangechange places withchangelingcollateralcommoncomparisoncopycounterfeitcrowd outcut outdemeaningdependentdeputydisadvantaged
Strong matches (45)
Related words (75)
Noun(15 words)
poor boyprocedureproxyreplacesammysandwichsandwichesstand insubcontractsubstitutetemporary substitutetorpedounderwater vesselwedgezep
proxyreliefrelievereplacereplacementrepresentrepresentativereservesringersecond ranksecond stringsecondaryservilesignsparesparesspellspell offstand in forstand-in
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subalternsubjectsubmarinesubmersiblesubordinatesubrogatesubservientsubstituentsubstitutesubstitute forsubstitutionsuccedaneumsucceedsupersedesupersedersupplantsupplantersurrogateswap places withsymbolsynecdochethird rankthird stringtokentributaryu-boatu-bootunderunderprivilegedunderstudyunderstudy forunterseebootutility playervicarvice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentvulgar
Verb(2 words)
stand insubstitute
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
15 entriesalgebraic operationchangecontractingexchangefood iteminterchangeoutsourcingpersonreplacementsandwichsubmersiblesubmersible warshipsubstitutionvesselwatercraft
More specific
12 entriesItalian subattack submarinebackup playerballistic missile submarinecivil subcontractdesign subcontractelectrical subcontractmeatball subsub insub outvalue substitutionvariable substitution
Collocations
11 entriesItalian submeatball subnuclear submarineoutsourcing agreementsub insub in forsub shopsubcontract worksubmarine patrolsubstitute valueveggie sub
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
9 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 潛艇 /潜艇 noun (submarine — see also submarine)
Czech
1 entries- ponorka noun (submarine — see also submarine)
Finnish
4 entries- subi noun (slang: subscription)
- subi noun (subtitle — see also subtitle)
- sukellusvene noun (submarine — see also submarine)
- suklari noun (submarine — see also submarine)
German
2 entries- (nuke) Atom-U-Boot noun (submarine — see also submarine)
- U-Boot noun (submarine — see also submarine)
Italian
1 entries- sottomarino noun (submarine — see also submarine)
Spanish
4 entries- batiscafo noun (submarine — see also submarine)
- ictíneo noun (submarine — see also submarine)
- submarino noun (submarine — see also submarine)
- sumergible noun (submarine — see also submarine)
Volapük
2 entries- daivanaf noun (submarine — see also submarine)
- dismelanaf noun (submarine — see also submarine)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
Let's keep this conversation sub rosa.
Source: tatoeba (1955542)
The sub is here at last.
Source: tatoeba (10838369)
Tom was pigheaded and ate three meatball sub sandwiches in Rome. He pooped his pants on the train ride back to Milan.
Source: tatoeba (10891566)
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