Synonyms of the word

submarine

• adj. Undersea.
• adj. Hidden or undisclosed.
• adj. (baseball) Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow.
• n. A boat that can go underwater.
• n. A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
• n. (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
• n. Any submarine plant or animal.
• n. (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
• v. To operate or serve on a submarine.
• v. To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.

assail

• v. To attack violently using words or force.

attack

• n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
• n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
• n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
• n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
• n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
• n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
• n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
• n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
• n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
• v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
• v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
• v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
• v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

bomber

• n. A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
• n. A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
• n. A bomber jacket.
• n. (US) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
• adj. (climbing, slang) Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear (n.b…

control

• v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
• v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
• n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
• n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
• n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
• n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
• n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
• n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
• n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
• n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
• n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

down

• n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland.
• n. (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
• n. (Britain, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered…
• n. (slang, rare, countable) A penis.
• adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
• adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.
• adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
• adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
• adv. Into a state of non-operation.
• adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
• adv. (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
• adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
• adv. (Britain, academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
• adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
• adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
• adv. From less to greater detail.
• adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.
• adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather…
• prep. From the higher end to the lower of.
• prep. From one end to another of.
• adj. Depressed, feeling low.
• adj. At a lower level than before.
• adj. Having a lower score than an opponent.
• adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
• adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to.
• adj. (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
• adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
• adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled…
• adj. (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
• adj. (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down,…
• adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.).
• adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
• v. (transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid…
• v. (transitive) To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
• v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
• v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while…
• v. (transitive) To write off; to make fun of.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend.
• n. A negative aspect; a downer.
• n. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
• n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
• n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle…
• n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
• n. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
• n. Down payment.
• n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping…
• n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as…
• n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
• n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
• v. (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

flip

• n. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
• n. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
• n. (US, slang) A slingshot.
• v. (transitive) To throw (as in to turn over).
• v. (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
• v. (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy.
• v. To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
• v. (computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
• interj. (Britain, mildly vulgar) used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
• adj. (Britain, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
• adj. Sarcastic.
• adj. (informal) Disrespectful.
• n. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog).

grinder

• n. One who grinds something, such as the teeth.
• n. (anatomical) A molar.
• n. A power tool with a spinning abrasive disc, used for grinding, smoothing, and shaping materials, usually…
• n. (US, regional) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
• n. A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces.
• n. The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia, which makes a noise like a scissors grinder.
• n. (music, slang) A fan or performer of grindcore music.

hero

• n. Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary deeds.
• n. A role model.
• n. The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
• n. (poker) The current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare:…
• n. (US) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
• n. (food styling, chiefly attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.

hoagie

• n. (US, central and eastern Pennsylvania) A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine…

hoagy

• n. Alternative form of hoagie.

operate

• v. (transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical;…
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed…
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
• v. (medicine, transitive or intransitive) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner,…
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To produce, as an effect; to cause.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.

pigboat

• n. (slang, archaic) submarine.

pitch

• n. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
• n. A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
• n. (geology) Pitchstone.
• v. To cover or smear with pitch.
• v. To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
• n. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
• n. (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
• n. (sports) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is…
• n. An effort to sell or promote something.
• n. The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread,…
• n. The angle at which an object sits.
• n. A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
• n. The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
• n. The place where a busker performs.
• n. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
• n. A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
• n. (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
• n. (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
• n. (now Britain, regional) A person or animal's height.
• n. (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
• n. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
• n. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate…
• n. (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
• v. (transitive) To throw.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
• v. (transitive) To throw away; discard.
• v. (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
• v. (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
• v. (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent).
• v. (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or ship goes…
• v. (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
• v. (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
• v. (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
• v. (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
• v. (transitive, of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
• v. (transitive, of a price, value) To set or fix.
• v. (transitive, card games, slang, of a card) To discard for some gain.
• n. (music) The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
• n. (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune…
• v. (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
• v. (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.

sandwich

• n. A dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other…
• n. (by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other…
• n. (Britain) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
• v. To place one item between two other, usually flat, items.
• v. (figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
• adj. (US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.

skid

• n. An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
• n. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its…
• n. (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
• n. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
• v. (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
• v. (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
• v. (transitive) To cause to move on skids.
• v. (transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.

sky

• n. (obsolete) A cloud.
• n. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.
• n. The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate…
• n. Heaven.
• v. (sports) To hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
• v. (colloquial, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well…
• v. (colloquial) To drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container.

slew

• n. (US) A large amount.
• n. The act, or process of slaying.
• n. A device used for slaying.
• n. A change of position.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
• v. (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
• v. (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
• v. (intransitive) To pivot.
• v. (intransitive) To skid.
• v. (transitive, rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
• v. (transitive, Britain, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
• v. simple past tense of slay.
• n. A wet place; a river inlet.

slide

• v. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
• v. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
• v. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
• v. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
• v. (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
• v. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
• n. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
• n. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
• n. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
• n. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a…
• n. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
• n. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
• n. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
• n. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
• n. A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
• n. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may…
• n. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base.
• n. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
• n. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
• n. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
• n. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal…
• n. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly…
• n. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
• n. (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.

slip

• n. (obsolete) Mud, slime.
• n. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
• n. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
• n. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
• n. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
• n. A long, thin piece of something.
• n. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
• n. (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It…
• v. (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
• v. (intransitive) To err.
• v. (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
• v. (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
• v. (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
• v. (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
• v. (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or…
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
• v. (transitive, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
• v. (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly…
• v. (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
• v. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
• v. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
• v. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
• n. An act or instance of slipping.
• n. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed…
• n. A slipdress.
• n. A mistake or error.
• n. (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
• n. (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and…
• n. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
• n. (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the…
• n. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field…
• n. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or…
• n. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
• n. (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column…
• n. (dated) A child's pinafore.
• n. An outside covering or case.
• n. (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
• n. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
• n. (ceramics) An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces…
• n. A particular quantity of yarn.
• n. (Britain, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
• n. (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
• n. (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
• n. (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an…
• n. (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
• n. A fish, the sole.

slue

• v. (transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
• v. (transitive) To turn something sharply.
• v. (intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
• v. (intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.
• n. The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
• n. A slough; a run or wet place.

sub

• n. A submarine.
• n. A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.
• n. (US, informal) A substitute.
• n. (Britain, informal) A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another…
• n. (Britain, informal, often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
• n. (informal) A submissive in BDSM practices.
• n. (Internet, informal) A subtitle.
• n. (computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from…
• n. (colloquial) A subeditor.
• n. (colloquial) A subcontractor.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A subordinate.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A subaltern.
• v. (US, informal) To substitute for.
• v. (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
• v. (Britain, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
• v. (Britain, informal, soccer) Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
• v. (Britain) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
• v. (Britain, slang, transitive) To lend.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
• v. (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
• prep. Under.
• v. To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
• v. (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with an layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.

submersible

• adj. Able to be submerged.
• n. (Britain) A small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration.
• n. (Britain) A retroactive term used for non-nuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed "true submarines".
• n. (Britain) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed "true submersibles", because…
• n. (US) A very small "baby" submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to…

subsurface

• n. Something that is below the layer that is on the surface.
• n. (countable, mathematics) A surface which is a submanifold of another surface.
• adj. below the surface.

torpedo

• n. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
• n. A fish having wings that generate electric current, a kind of electric ray.
• n. (regional) A submarine sandwich.
• n. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
• n. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications,…
• n. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
• n. (rail transport, US) a small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning…
• n. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
• n. An automobile with a torpedo body.
• v. To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
• v. To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
• v. To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.

toss

• n. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
• n. (cricket, soccer) The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before…
• n. (Britain, slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
• v. To throw with an initial upward direction.
• v. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
• v. To agitate; to make restless.
• v. To subject to trials; to harass.
• v. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
• v. (informal) To discard: to toss out.
• v. To stir or mix (a salad).
• v. (Britain, slang) To masturbate.
• v. (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables…
• v. (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
• v. (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
• v. (obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.
• v. (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle…

undersea

• adj. Existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea.

wedge

• n. One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered…
• n. A piece (of food, etc.) having this shape.
• n. (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting…
• n. (figuratively) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
• n. (archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted…
• n. (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
• n. A group of geese, swans or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
• n. One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
• n. (colloquial, Britain) A quantity of money.
• n. (typography, US) háček.
• n. (phonetics) The IPA character <ʌ>, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
• n. (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
• n. (meteorology) a wedge tornado.
• v. To support or secure using a wedge.
• v. To force into a narrow gap.
• v. To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
• v. (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
• n. (Britain, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical…

zep

• n. (US, dialectal) A certain type of submarine sandwich.