Synonyms of the word

surface

• n. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
• n. The outside hull of a tangible object.
• n. (figuratively) Outward or external appearance.
• n. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom)…
• n. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the…
• v. (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
• v. (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
• v. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
• v. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
• v. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
• v. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
• v. (intransitive) To appear or be found.

aboveground

• adj. On or above the surface of the ground.
• adj. (figuratively) Not dead and buried; alive.
• adj. Not of or relating to the social or political underground; in the open; existing, produced, or published…
• n. The portion of society that is not underground.

aerofoil

• n. British spelling standard form of airfoil.

airfoil

• n. (American) A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
• n. (American) A wing of an aircraft.

appear

• v. (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
• v. (intransitive) To come before the public.
• v. (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge,…
• v. (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation…
• v. (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

artefact

• n. (British spelling, Australian spelling) alternative form of artifact.

artifact

• n. An object made or shaped by human hand.
• n. (archaeology) An object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, of archaeological or historical interest,…
• n. Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.
• n. A structure or finding in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under…
• n. (biology) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or…
• n. An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
• n. (computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in a digital image, audio or video file as a result…

ascend

• v. (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.
• v. (intransitive) To slope in an upward direction.
• v. (transitive) To go up.
• v. (transitive) To succeed.
• v. (figuratively) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.

aspect

• n. Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
• n. The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
• n. The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
• n. A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
• n. One's appearance or expression.
• n. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction;…
• n. Prospect; outlook.
• n. (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal…
• n. (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular…
• n. (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.
• n. (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
• n. (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a…

bound

• v. simple past tense and past participle of bind.
• adj. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
• adj. (with infinitive) Very likely (to).
• adj. (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
• adj. (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
• adj. (dated) constipated; costive.
• adj. Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
• adj. Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
• n. (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
• n. (mathematics) a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
• v. To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
• v. (mathematics) To be the boundary of.
• n. A sizeable jump, great leap.
• n. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
• n. (dated) A bounce; a rebound.
• v. (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
• v. (transitive) To cause to leap.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
• adj. (obsolete) ready, prepared.
• adj. ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

boundary

• n. The dividing line or location between two areas.
• n. (cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
• n. (cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without…

bounds

• n. plural of bound.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bound.

coat

• n. (countable) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.^Wp.
• n. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.^Wp.
• n. (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.^Wp.
• n. (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent…
• n. (obsolete) A petticoat.
• n. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
• n. A coat of arms.^Wp.
• n. A coat card.
• v. To cover with a coat of some material.
• v. To cover as a coat.

cover

• n. A lid.
• n. A hiding from view.
• n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
• n. A top sheet of a bed.
• n. A cover charge.
• n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
• n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
• n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
• n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
• n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
• n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
• n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
• n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
• n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
• n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
• n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
• adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
• v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
• v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
• v. To deal with.
• v. To be enough money for.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
• v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
• v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
• v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
• v. To provide insurance coverage for.
• v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
• v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
• v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

device

• n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
• n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
• n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
• n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
• n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
• n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
• n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
• n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
• n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
• n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
• n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

facet

• n. Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
• n. One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.
• n. One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
• n. (anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
• n. (anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.
• n. (anatomy) Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion.
• n. (architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
• n. (mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
• v. To cut a facet into a gemstone.

layer

• n. A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
• n. A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
• n. One of the items in a hierarchy.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to arrange (something) in layers.
• n. A person who lays things, such as tiles.
• n. A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
• n. A hen kept to lay eggs.
• n. A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.

open

• adj. (not comparable) not closed; accessible; unimpeded.
• adj. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded.
• adj. (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
• adj. (comparable) Receptive.
• adj. (not comparable) Public.
• adj. (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
• adj. (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
• adj. (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
• adj. (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.
• adj. (business) Not fulfilled.
• adj. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
• adj. (music, stringed instruments) Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard.
• adj. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty…
• adj. (phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
• adj. (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
• adj. (phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
• adj. (computing) Made public, usable with a free licence.
• adj. (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects…
• v. (transitive) To make something accessible or remove an obstacle to its being accessible.
• v. (transitive) To bring up (a topic).
• v. (transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients.
• v. (transitive) To start (a campaign).
• v. (intransitive) To become open.
• v. (intransitive) To begin conducting business.
• v. To enter upon; to begin.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
• v. (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
• v. (computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
• v. To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
• v. (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
• n. A sports event in which anybody can compete; as, the Australian Open.
• n. (electronics) a wire that is broken midway.
• n. (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
• n. (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.

opencast

• adj. (chiefly Britain) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has…

rise

• v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
• v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
• v. To begin; to develop.
• v. (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
• v. (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
• v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
• v. To come; to offer itself.
• v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any…
• n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
• n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
• n. (chiefly Britain) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
• n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
• n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
• n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
• n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it;…
• n. (informal) An angry reaction.
• n. Alternative form of rice (“twig”).

shallow

• adj. Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
• adj. Extending not far downward.
• adj. Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
• adj. Lacking interest or substance.
• adj. Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
• adj. (obsolete) Not deep in tone.
• adj. (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
• n. A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
• n. A fish, the rudd.
• v. To make or become less deep.

skin-deep

• adj. (figuratively) shallow, superficial.

superficial

• adj. Shallow, lacking substance.
• adj. At face value.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the surface.
• adj. Being near the surface.
• adj. (rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
• n. (chiefly in plural) A surface detail.