Hyphenation of underground

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word underground? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

un-der-ground

Definitions of underground:

1.	A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
2.	An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) In Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'
3.	Under the level of the ground Belowground storage areas Underground caverns
4.	Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods Clandestine intelligence operations Cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines Hole-and-corner intrigue Secret missions A secret agent Secret sales of arms Surreptitious mobilization of troops An undercover investigation Underground resistance
5.	In or into hiding or secret operation The organization was driven underground
6.	Beneath the surface of the earth Water flowing underground

Synonyms of underground:

adj	belowground, subsurface
adj	clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the quiet, secret, surreptitious, undercover, covert
adj	guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, partisan, partizan
noun	resistance, revolutionary group
noun	metro, subway, tube, railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system

Last hyphenations of this language

overeager disorderly riptide distortion hydrocolloid gemstone expendable sorcerous achoke faulty gizmo s-shaped generation nonabidingly housings gaff pogy pragmatical heavy-seeming

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.