I want a sub rosa investigation of the bodies.
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Sub
//sʌb//
Synonyms for "sub" (155 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (77)
personnelphonypigboatpinch hitterpinch-hitpo boyproxyreliefrelievereplacereplacementrepresentrepresentativereservesringersecond ranksecond stringsecondaryservilesign
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Noun(11 words)
Prefix(1 words)
Verb(3 words)
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4 entriesRelated terms
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3 entrieshas context
10 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Translations
32 translations across 12 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 潛艇三文治 /潜艇三文治 noun (submarine sandwich)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 潛艇 /潜艇 noun (submarine — see also submarine)
- 潛艇三明治 /潜艇三明治 noun (submarine sandwich)
- 潛艇堡 /潜艇堡 noun (submarine sandwich)
Czech
1 entries- ponorka noun (submarine — see also submarine)
Finnish
4 entries- kotti noun (informal: subsistence money)
- subi noun (submarine sandwich)
- subi noun (slang: subscription)
- subi noun (submissive in BDSM)
French
1 entries- sandwich sous-marin noun (submarine sandwich)
German
2 entries- (nuke) Atom-U-Boot noun (submarine — see also submarine)
- U-Boot noun (submarine — see also submarine)
Hindi
1 entries- सब noun (submarine sandwich)
Icelandic
1 entries- langloka noun (submarine sandwich)
Italian
1 entries- sottomarino noun (submarine — see also submarine)
Russian
1 entries- субмари́на-сэ́ндвич noun (submarine sandwich)
Spanish
4 entries- batiscafo noun (submarine — see also submarine)
- emparedado submarino noun (submarine sandwich)
- ictíneo noun (submarine — see also submarine)
- submarino 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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