Downward
Downward adverb - Toward or in a lower position.
Underneath and downward are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Underneath" instead the word "Downward" as an adverb or an adjective.
Underneath
Underneath adverb - In or to a lower place.
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Synonyms for Underneath
Downward and underneath are semantically related. You can use "Downward" instead the word "Underneath" as an adverb or an adjective.
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Ling Xiaoyu◊ from Tekken commonly wears a qipao with shorts underneath; if not for these, she'd be bare all the way from the hips downward.
Source: Modesty Shorts - As Fox Tayle is escaping the BioCon labratory where he was created, alarms go off and he has to slide underneath a slow-moving (downward) door to escape a room.
Source: Slow Doors
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Underneath and Downward. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/downward/underneath
Downward & Underneath. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/downward/underneath>.
Underneath or Downward. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/downward/underneath.
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