under

Etymology From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). Cognate with German unter, Dutch onder, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under, Faroese and Icelandic undir; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).

Synonyms

below, beneath

Antonyms

above, over

Etymology From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). Cognate with German unter, Dutch onder, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under, Faroese and Icelandic undir; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).

Derived terms

302 terms

am I under arrest, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Ashton under Hill, Ashton-under-Lyne, bag under one's eye, bag under the eye, Barton-under-Needwood, Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard, bob under, Boughton under Blean, bring under, brush something under the carpet, brush something under the rug, bubble under, buckle under, build a fire under, burr under one's saddle, buy out from under, chicken under a brick, come under, crossunder, cut the ground from under someone's feet, cut under, device under test, dive-under, double-under, down under, draw a line under, drink someone under the table, drink under, drink under the table, driving under the influence, dunder, Eaton-under-Heywood, everything under the sun, fall under, five-and-under, fly-under, flyunder, fly under the radar, fold under zero pressure, fromunda cheese, gazunder, get out from under, get under it, get under one's goat, get under someone's goat, get under someone's skin, go under, have had one's day under the sun, hereinunder, hereunder, herring under a fur coat, hide one's light under a bushel, Hope under Dinmore, hot under the collar, interview under caution, keep under, knock under, knuckle under, land down under, land under, let the grass grow under one's feet, light a fire under, live under a rock, lock under, look under rocks, makeunder, Milton-under-Wychwood, monster under the bed, Newcastle-under-Lyme, nothing new under the sun, one can't carry two watermelons under one arm, one under, over and under, over-and-under, over-under, pass under the yoke, patient under investigation, person under train, plough under, plow under, pop-under, Preston-under-Scar, pull the rug out from under, push under, put one's legs under someone's mahogany, put someone under, put someone under the screw, put under, red under the bed, rollunder, sail under false colors, sell out from under, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Simple Simon under, sit under, six feet under, sleep under the same bridge, slip under, slip under the radar, snowed under, snow under, squeeze under, stand from under, stand under, Stanton under Bardon, suck under, Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, sweep something under the carpet, sweep something under the rug, take-under, take under, take under advisement, talk someone under the table, the darkest place is under the candlestick, thereinunder, there is nothing new under the sun, thereunder, throw under a bus, throw under the bus, time under tension, triple-under, turn under, under-accommodate, under-accommodated, under-accommodating, under-accommodation, underachieve, under a cloud, underage, under a lucky star, under and over, under-approximate, under-approximation, underarm, under arms, under arrest, under a spell, under-attend, under-attended, under-awed, underbody, under boob, underbrow, under canvas, under-carter, under center, underclothes, under clothes, under construction, under control, under correction, undercover, under cover, undercurrent, undercut, under-diversification, under-diversify, under-dose, under-educated, under-endowed, under erasure, under-extension, under-eye, undereye, under-eye bag, under fire, under-fired, underflush, under glass, under ground, underground, under-grounder, under hack, underhand, under-handed, underhanded, under-handedly, under-handedness, under hatches, under-hedging, Underhill, under-kimono, underlinen, underling, under lock and key, underly, under-manager, undermost, underneath, underness, under no circumstance, under no circumstances, under oath, under one roof, under one's arm, under one's belt, under one's breath, under one's feet, under one's hand, under one's hat, under one's own steam, under one's thumb, under one's very eyes, under one's very nose, under one's wing, under over, under-oxygenated, under pain of, under par, under-petticoat, under protest, under-punctuation, underpuppy, underrate, underreport, under-represent, under-representation, under-represented, underresource, under-resourced, under-ripe, underrobe, under sail, under seal, under-sergeant, under-served, undersheet, under someone's nose, under someone's roof, under-spur-leather, under square, understander, under-stander, under-steward, under-tenant, undertext, under the auspices of, under the bootheel of, under the breath, under the carpet, under the cosh, under-the-counter, under the counter, under the covers, under the fist of, under the gun, under the hammer, under the hood, under the illusion, under the impression, under the influence, under the jail, under the knife, under the lee, under the loupe, under the magnifying glass, under the mahogany, under the microscope, under the pump, under the radar, under the rose, under the rug, under the rule, under the saya, under the sheets, under the spotlight, under the stars, under the sun, under the surface, under-the-table, under the table, under the weather, under the wire, under the yoke, underthigh, underthought, undertie, undertow, under tow, under-trial, undertrial, under water, underwater, underway, under way, under weigh, underwing, underwise, underworld, under wraps, up-and-under, up and under, voice-under, water under the bridge, Weston-under-Lizard, Weston under Penyard, Weston-under-Redcastle, whereunder, Wotton-under-Edge, under-

Etymology From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). Cognate with German unter, Dutch onder, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under, Faroese and Icelandic undir; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).