One third of the earth's surface is desert.
Source: tatoeba (19556)
Surface
//ˈsɝːfəs//
Synonyms for "surface" (272 found)
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Closest matches (55)
Strong matches (81)
diveeffuseemanateemergeemptinessempty spaceenvelopeepidermalepidermicepidermiseruptexomorphicexpanseexpansionextensionextentexteriorexteriorityexternalextrinsic
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extrinsicallyextrudefacadefacefacetfacingfeelfieldfinishflashyflatfloat upflood negativeflood the tanksfly upformalformalistformalisticformularyfountainfourth-dimensionalfringefrontgalactic spaceglossgo belowgrade constructedgraingranular texturegushimpersonalindentationinfinite spaceintegumentinterfaceinterstellar spaceissueissue forthjejunejetjump outjump upknee deepknee-deepknubleap uplegalisticlightlineamentsloommaterializemeasuremere scratchnapno depthno waternominalnot deepnothingness
Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (136)
nuboccuron the surfaceopencastostensibleostensiblyoutouterouter faceouter layerouter sideouter skinouter spaceoutermostoutlineoutlyingoutmostoutsideoutstandingoutward
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outward-facingoutwardlyoversidepaintpavepedanticperipheralperipherypilepinprickpitplanepockpop upproportionproportionalprotrudeprotuberancepublicreportridgepolerig for divingrindriserocketroofroofpolerooftoproundaboutsallysally forthscratchseemingshagshallowshallow-rootedshallownesssheetshellshoalshoalinessshoot upshow upsideskinskin deepskin-deepskyrocketslightslightnessspacespace timespace-timespatialspatial extensionspatiotemporalspheresphericalspreadspring upspurtstart upstereoscopicstructurestylizedsubmergesuperficesuperficialsuperficial extensionsuperficialitysuperficiallysuperficiessuperstratumsurface texturetarmactexturethinthree dimensionalthree-dimensionalto all appearancestokentoptop floortop sidetopsidetopsidestracttrivialtrivialityturntwo-dimensionalunprofoundupleapupper sideupshootupsideupspearupspringupstartvaultvault upveneervisiblevoidvolumevolumetricwaleweavewoof
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15 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
7 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
135 entriesShowing 16 of 135 words.
distinct from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
7 entriesmade of
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
similar
7 entriesused for
14 entriesTranslations
181 translations across 78 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- oppervlak noun (up-side of a flat object)
Albanian
2 entries- sipërfaqe noun (up-side of a flat object)
- syprinë noun (up-side of a flat object)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπιπολή noun (up-side of a flat object)
Arabic
4 entries- سَطْح noun (up-side of a flat object)
- سَطْح noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- طفا إلى السطح verb (to rise to the surface)
- طفا إلى السطح verb ((of information) to become known)
Armenian
3 entries- մակերես noun (up-side of a flat object)
- մակերեւույթ noun (up-side of a flat object)
- մակերեւույթ noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Asturian
2 entries- superficie noun (up-side of a flat object)
- superficie noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- səth noun (up-side of a flat object)
- səth noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- üzəri noun (up-side of a flat object)
Bangi
1 entries- etando noun (up-side of a flat object)
Basque
1 entries- gainazal noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Belarusian
1 entries- паве́рхня noun (up-side of a flat object)
Breton
1 entries- gorreenn noun (up-side of a flat object)
Bulgarian
4 entries- въ́ншност noun (outward or external appearance)
- повъ́рхност noun (up-side of a flat object)
- повъ́рхност noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- изплувам verb ((of information) to become known)
Catalan
2 entries- superfície noun (up-side of a flat object)
- superfície noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Chinese
1 entries- 表面 noun (up-side of a flat object)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 表面 noun (up-side of a flat object)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 表面 noun (up-side of a flat object)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- īxtli noun (up-side of a flat object)
Czech
2 entries- plocha noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- povrch noun (up-side of a flat object)
Danish
1 entries- overflade noun (up-side of a flat object)
Dutch
4 entries- buitenzijde noun (outside hull of a tangible object)
- oppervlak noun (up-side of a flat object)
- oppervlak noun (outside hull of a tangible object)
- oppervlak noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Esperanto
2 entries- surfaco noun (up-side of a flat object)
- surfaco noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Faroese
1 entries- yvirflati noun (up-side of a flat object)
Finnish
4 entries- pinta noun (up-side of a flat object)
- pinta noun (outside hull of a tangible object)
- pinta noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- pintapuoli noun (outward or external appearance)
French
4 entries- surface noun (up-side of a flat object)
- surface noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- faire surface verb (to rise to the surface)
- faire surface verb ((of information) to become known)
Galician
2 entries- superficie noun (up-side of a flat object)
- superficie noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Georgian
1 entries- ზედაპირი noun (up-side of a flat object)
German
4 entries- Fläche noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- Oberfläche noun (up-side of a flat object)
- ans Licht kommen verb ((of information) to become known)
- auftauchen verb (to rise to the surface)
Greek
4 entries- επιφάνεια noun (up-side of a flat object)
- επιφάνεια noun (outside hull of a tangible object)
- επιφάνεια noun (outward or external appearance)
- αναδύομαι verb (to rise to the surface)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 表面 noun (up-side of a flat object)
Higaonon
1 entries- taglutaw noun (up-side of a flat object)
Hindi
1 entries- तल noun (up-side of a flat object)
Hungarian
4 entries- felszín noun (up-side of a flat object)
- felszín noun (outside hull of a tangible object)
- felszín noun (outward or external appearance)
- felület noun (outside hull of a tangible object)
Icelandic
2 entries- yfirborð noun (up-side of a flat object)
- yfirborð noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Ido
1 entries- surfaco noun (up-side of a flat object)
Indonesian
1 entries- permukaan noun (up-side of a flat object)
Irish
3 entries- dreach noun (up-side of a flat object)
- dromchla noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- uachtar verb (to rise to the surface)
Italian
4 entries- superficie noun (up-side of a flat object)
- superficie noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- emergere verb (to rise to the surface)
- emergere verb ((of information) to become known)
Japanese
1 entries- 表面 noun (up-side of a flat object)
Kazakh
3 entries- бет noun (up-side of a flat object)
- бет noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- үст noun (up-side of a flat object)
Khiamniungan Naga
3 entries- ātshùi noun (up-side of a flat object)
- ātshùi noun (outside hull of a tangible object)
- ātshùi noun (outward or external appearance)
Korean
2 entries- 곡면 noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- 표면 noun (up-side of a flat object)
Ladino
1 entries- sovrefaz noun (up-side of a flat object)
Latgalian
1 entries- vierss noun (up-side of a flat object)
Latin
1 entries- superficiēs noun (up-side of a flat object)
Latvian
2 entries- virsma noun (up-side of a flat object)
- virsma noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Lingala
1 entries- etando noun (up-side of a flat object)
Lithuanian
3 entries- danga noun (up-side of a flat object)
- paviršius noun (up-side of a flat object)
- paviršius noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Macedonian
1 entries- површина noun (up-side of a flat object)
Malay
1 entries- permukaan noun (up-side of a flat object)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഉപരിതലം noun (up-side of a flat object)
Mongolian
1 entries- талбай noun (up-side of a flat object)
Māori
4 entries- kahu noun (up-side of a flat object)
- karetai noun (up-side of a flat object)
- kārewa noun (up-side of a flat object)
- mata noun (up-side of a flat object)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- dekke noun (up-side of a flat object)
- overflate noun (up-side of a flat object)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- dekke noun (up-side of a flat object)
- overflate noun (up-side of a flat object)
Occitan
2 entries- superficia noun (up-side of a flat object)
- superfícia noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Old English
1 entries- brādnes noun (up-side of a flat object)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یوز noun (up-side of a flat object)
Polish
2 entries- powierzchnia noun (up-side of a flat object)
- powierzchnia noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Portuguese
2 entries- superfície noun (up-side of a flat object)
- superfície noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Romanian
2 entries- suprafață noun (up-side of a flat object)
- suprafață noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Russian
4 entries- пове́рхность noun (up-side of a flat object)
- поверхность noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- всплыва́ть verb (to rise to the surface)
- всплыва́ть verb ((of information) to become known)
Sanskrit
1 entries- प्रतीक noun (up-side of a flat object)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pȍvršina noun (up-side of a flat object)
- по̏вршина noun (up-side of a flat object)
- izroniti verb (to rise to the surface)
- ìsplivati verb (to rise to the surface)
Sinhalese
1 entries- මතුපිට noun (up-side of a flat object)
Slovak
1 entries- povrch noun (up-side of a flat object)
Slovene
2 entries- ploskev noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
- površina noun (up-side of a flat object)
Spanish
2 entries- superficie noun (up-side of a flat object)
- superficie noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Swedish
2 entries- yta noun (up-side of a flat object)
- yta noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Tagalog
2 entries- dayag noun (up-side of a flat object)
- karayagan noun (up-side of a flat object)
Telugu
1 entries- ఉపరితలం noun (up-side of a flat object)
Thai
1 entries- พื้นผิว noun (up-side of a flat object)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ānte noun (up-side of a flat object)
Turkish
2 entries- yüzey noun (up-side of a flat object)
- yüzey noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Ukrainian
2 entries- пове́рхня noun (up-side of a flat object)
- поверхня noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Uyghur
1 entries- بەت noun (up-side of a flat object)
Vietnamese
3 entries- bề mặt noun (up-side of a flat object)
- mặt noun (up-side of a flat object)
- mặt noun (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space)
Welsh
1 entries- arwyneb noun (up-side of a flat object)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויבנאויף noun (up-side of a flat object)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
The sea covers nearly three-fourths of the earth's surface.
Source: tatoeba (22219)
The surface of the earth rose due to the volcanic activity.
Source: tatoeba (23842)
Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.
Source: tatoeba (26666)
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