Synonyms for underwater
ˈʌn dərˈwɔ tər, -ˈwɒt ərun·der·wa·ter

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1. underwateradjective

   Synonyms:
   upside down, subaqueous

   Antonyms:
   afloat

2. underwateradjective

   to water or irrigate insufficiently

   Synonyms:
   subaqueous, upside down

   Antonyms:
   afloat

3. underwateradjective

   beneath the water line of a vessel

   Synonyms:
   subaqueous, upside down

4. underwateradjective

   having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value

   We've been underwater on our mortgage ever since the housing crash.

   Synonyms:
   subaqueous, upside down

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1. submerged, submersed, underwateradjective

   beneath the surface of the water

   "submerged rocks"

   Synonyms:
   submerged, subaqueous, subaquatic, submersed

   Antonyms:
   terrestrial, overhead, surface, amphibious

2. subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, submersed, underwateradjective

   growing or remaining under water

   "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves"

   Synonyms:
   semiaquatic, submerged, subaqueous, subaquatic, submersed

   Antonyms:
   overhead, amphibious, surface, terrestrial

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1. List of paraphrases for "underwater":

   submarine, subaqueous, undersea, subsea, submarines, sub-surface, scuba, sub, submerged, u-boat, u-boats, under-sea, diving

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1. Astronaut Mike Fincke:

   Each spacesuit is its own little spaceship, it has its own electrical power and thermal control system, oxygen and everything you need to survive for six to eight hours. We have to know our equipment just like anybody who goes on an expedition mountain climbing or underwater. It's what keeps you alive, so we need to know our equipment very well.

2. Marc Feldman:

   People vary in that particular phenotype( or trait), but it's not one that we go around testing very much. It's not like( body-mass index), height or levels of high cholesterol. there aren't enough people who spend so much time underwater to make a really definitive statistical statement.

3. John Avlon:

   Theres a palpable lack of excitement in the streets of New York. Three quarters of New Yorkers dont want him to run, one of the big problems of Bill de Blasio is he is not showing up to work. He comes in late. He doesnt come in at all. He seems utterly disinterested in the job of running Americas largest big city. Again, this is somebody who has been underwater often in the polls in a city thats 6 to 1 Democrat.

4. Clarence Ingram:

   The amount of flooding, theres places that the water has come in 20 feet higher than normal so that buildings are completely underwater, there are buildings completely swept away by the wind. Its just incredible, the amount of damage thats happened over there, of course, trees and cars and all the other stuff blown away.

5. Eric Wolfe:

   [I] had eyes on him the whole time and relayed his position to dispatch, and he went underwater and didn’t come up.