Underscore

//ˈʌn.dəˌskɔː(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "underscore" (113 found)

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Closest matches (23)

underline accent accentuate band bar belabor blaze blaze a trail blemish blotch brand chalk chalk up check check off cicatrize cross hatching cross-hatching dapple dash

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define delimit

Noun(1 words)

underline

Strong matches (34)

delineation demarcate diagonal discolor dot dotted line dwell on emphasize engrave feature fleck freckle gash give emphasis to hachure hairline harp on hatch hatching highlight

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impress imprint italicize line lineation make a federal case make a mark mark mark off mark out

Verb(3 words)

emphasise emphasize make much

Noun(1 words)

low line

Related words (56)

mottle nick notch overaccentuate overemphasize overstress pencil pepper place emphasis on play play up point point up prick print punch punctuate puncture riddle rub in

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Noun(1 words)

underbar

Verb(1 words)

underline

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

8 entries

accent accentuate emphasise emphasize mark punctuate stress stroke

Synonyms

1 entries

underline

Related terms

14 entries

ampersand asterisk and asterism at sign backslash bullet dagger degree symbol number sign pipe prime tilde underbar undertie vertical bar

derived from

1 entries

score

has context

1 entries

music

is a

1 entries

stroke

manner of

1 entries

stress

related to

6 entries

attention background music emphasize text underbar underline

Translations

97 translations across 32 languages.

Belarusian

1 entries

падкрэ́сліванне noun (an underline)

Bulgarian

3 entries

подчерта́ване noun (an underline)
наблягам verb (to emphasize)
подчертавам verb (to underline)

Catalan

1 entries

guió baix noun (an underline)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

下橫線 /下横线 noun (an underline)

Czech

3 entries

podtržítko noun (an underline)
podtrhnout verb (to underline)
podtrhnout verb (to emphasize)

Danish

1 entries

bundstreg noun (an underline)

Dutch

1 entries

underscore noun (an underline)

Esperanto

2 entries

substreko noun (an underline)
substreki verb (to underline)

Finnish

4 entries

alaviiva noun (an underline)
taustakappale noun (background music)
alleviivata verb (to underline)
alleviivata verb (to emphasize)

French

4 entries

blanc souligné noun (an underline)
souligné noun (an underline)
sous-tiret noun (an underline)
tiret bas noun (an underline)

Georgian

1 entries

ქვეტირე noun (an underline)

German

4 entries

Grundstrich noun (an underline)
Unterstreichung noun (an underline)
Unterstrich noun (an underline)
unterstreichen verb (to underline)

Greek

3 entries

υπογράμμιση noun (an underline)
υπογραμμίζω verb (to underline)
υπογραμμίζω verb (to emphasize)

Hungarian

4 entries

aláhúzás noun (an underline)
aláhúzásjel noun (an underline)
háttérzene noun (background music)
aláhúz verb (to underline)

Icelandic

1 entries

undirstrik noun (an underline)

Indonesian

1 entries

underscore noun (an underline)

Irish

4 entries

fostríoc noun (an underline)
béim a chur ar verb (to emphasize)
béim a leagan ar verb (to emphasize)
folínigh verb (to underline)

Italian

4 entries

musica di sottofondo noun (background music)
sottofondo m musicale noun (background music)
trattino m basso noun (an underline)
enfatizzare verb (to emphasize)

Japanese

2 entries

アンダースコア noun (an underline)
アンダーバー noun (an underline)

Korean

2 entries

밑줄 문자 noun (an underline)
언더바 noun (an underline)

Macedonian

4 entries

до́лна цр́та noun (an underline)
подвлеку́вање noun (an underline)
и́стакне verb (to emphasize)
по́двлече verb (to underline)

Māori

1 entries

ahungarua noun (an underline)

Polish

3 entries

podkreślenie noun (an underline)
podkreślnik noun (an underline)
podłoga noun (an underline)

Portuguese

4 entries

sublinha noun (an underline)
travessão noun (an underline)
underline noun (an underline)
sublinhar verb (to underline)

Russian

4 entries

подчёркивание noun (an underline)
подчеркну́ть verb (to underline)
подчеркну́ть verb (to emphasize)
подчёркивать verb (to underline)

Slovak

2 entries

podčiarknutie noun (an underline)
podčiarkovník noun (an underline)

Slovene

1 entries

podčrtaj noun (an underline)

Spanish

4 entries

barra baja noun (an underline)
guion bajo noun (an underline)
recalcar verb (to emphasize)
subrayar verb (to underline)

Swedish

4 entries

bakgrundsmusik noun (background music)
understreck noun (an underline)
betona verb (to emphasize)
stryka under verb (to underline)

Tamil

4 entries

அடிக்கீறு noun (an underline)
அடிக்கோடு noun (an underline)
அடிக்கோடிடு verb (to underline)
அடிக்கோடிடு verb (to emphasize)

Turkish

2 entries

alt tire noun (an underline)
alt çizgi noun (an underline)

Ukrainian

1 entries

підкре́слення noun (an underline)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom has an underscore in his password.

Source: tatoeba (5744647)

Pelosi visited Taiwan to underscore its autonomy. This has led China to threaten the US with grave consequences.

Source: tatoeba (11042419)

India’s prime minister met with U.S. and Indian students at the National Science Foundation to underscore these ties.

Source: tatoeba (12092109)

Algeria's active participation in peacekeeping missions and its contributions to conflict prevention initiatives underscore its dedication to advancing collective security and stability.

Source: tatoeba (12560428)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.