Open and Underground

Open

Open adjective - Open and observable; not secret or hidden.
Usage example: open ballots

Underground is an antonym for open.

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

Underground

Underground adjective - Undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others.
Usage example: an underground operation to smuggle ancient artifacts out of the country

Open is an antonym for underground in secret topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • He's in a carefully monitored glass case, that is in the military's version of out in the open - that is in a very open position in a secret underground labratory.
  • Underground Level There's even a wide-open cavern deep underground connecting three Dwemer fortresses, once the location of the Dwemer city of Blackreach.
  • Elaborate Underground Base The HYDRA facilities in Captain America: The First Avenger are above ground and in the open, and their main base is dug into the Alps, and is implied to be 500 feet underground.
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