submarine

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.
2. (not-comparable) Hidden or undisclosed.
3. (not-comparable) Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow.

Noun

1. A boat that can go underwater.
2. A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
3. A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
4. Any submarine plant or animal.
5. (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To operate or serve on a submarine.
2. (transitive) To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
3. (figuratively, intransitive, sometimes) To sink or submerge oneself.
4. (intransitive) To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).

Synonyms

underwater

U-boat

undersea

sub

subaqueous

grinder

pigboat

Italian sandwich

poor boy

submarine sandwich

zep

hero

🦸‍♂️

underwater craft

submerged

submersed

hero sandwich

hoagie

suboceanic

sunken

hoagy

torpedo

wedge

bomber

Cuban sandwich

submarine plant

benthic

underwater ship

coast

deep-sea

drowned

glide

luge

oscar

sandwich

🥪

seabed

seafloor

sinking

sleeper

slide down

slue

submersible

subsurface

sweep

benthonic

submersible vessel

subfluvial

submarine boat

sleeper agent

submersible warship

subocean

Translations

sous-marin

submarino

sottomarino

U-Boot

Unterseeboot

submarino

submarí

υποβρύχιο

sommergibile

onderzeeër

denizaltı

duikboot

submarin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sʌb.məˈɹiːn/

Etymology

From sub- + marine.