Antonyms for surface
ˈsɜr fɪssur·face

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1. surfacenoun

   Synonyms:
   superfice

2. surfacenoun

   To provide something with a surface.

   Synonyms:
   superfice

3. surfacenoun

   To apply a surface to something.

   Synonyms:
   superfice

4. surfaceverb

   To rise to the surface.

   Synonyms:
   superfice

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Aspect
   • Boundary
   • Cover
   • Public Knowledge

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. surfacenoun

   the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

   "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"

   Antonyms:
   underwater, subsurface, submarine, subterraneous, belowground, submerged, overhead, subterranean, submersed, underground, undersea

   Synonyms:
   control surface, airfoil, open, aerofoil

2. surfacenoun

   the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object

   "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"

   Antonyms:
   submersed, undersea, belowground, underwater, subterraneous, submarine, subterranean, submerged, overhead, subsurface, underground

   Synonyms:
   control surface, airfoil, open, aerofoil

3. surface, Earth's surfacenoun

   the outermost level of the land or sea

   "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"

   Antonyms:
   belowground, overhead, undersea, underwater, submerged, subterranean, subsurface, submarine, underground, subterraneous, submersed

   Synonyms:
   control surface, airfoil, open, aerofoil

4. surfacenoun

   a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something

   "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"

   Antonyms:
   submarine, submersed, overhead, submerged, belowground, underwater, subterraneous, undersea, subsurface, subterranean, underground

   Synonyms:
   control surface, airfoil, open, aerofoil

5. open, surfacenoun

   information that has become public

   "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"

   Antonyms:
   belowground, underground, undersea, submerged, submersed, subsurface, overhead, submarine, underwater, subterraneous, subterranean

   Synonyms:
   aerofoil, open, out-of-doors, outdoors, control surface, airfoil, clear, open air

6. airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surfaceadjective

   a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight

   Antonyms:
   subterraneous, overhead, submerged, submersed, undersea, belowground, underwater, submarine, subsurface, underground, subterranean

   Synonyms:
   control surface, airfoil, open, aerofoil

7. surfaceverb

   on the surface

   "surface materials of the moon"

   Antonyms:
   submarine, undersea, subsurface, overhead, submersed, submerged, underground, underwater, subterraneous, belowground, subterranean

8. surface, come up, rise up, riseverb

   come to the surface

   Antonyms:
   subsurface, submarine, submerged, belowground, overhead, subterranean, subterraneous, underground, undersea, underwater, submersed

   Synonyms:
   line up, rise, stand up, get hold, summon, muster up, uprise, find, wax, come on, coat, originate, go up, rally, lift, climb up, arise, spring up, come up, grow, scrape up, scrape, rebel, bob up, resurrect, ascend, go on, scratch, develop, climb, heighten, get up, prove, move up, muster, turn out, jump, show up, turn up, come, mount, rise up, come out, rear

9. coat, surfaceverb

   put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

   "coat the cake with chocolate"

   Antonyms:
   underwater, overhead, subterraneous, subterranean, underground, submarine, subsurface, belowground, submerged, undersea, submersed

   Synonyms:
   turn up, show up, rise, come up, coat, cake, come on, come out, rise up

10. come on, come out, turn up, surface, show upverb

    appear or become visible; make a showing

    "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

    Antonyms:
    subterranean, undersea, belowground, overhead, underground, underwater, submersed, submerged, submarine, subsurface, subterraneous

    Synonyms:
    start, rise, bulge out, place, step up, come along, get along, protrude, fall out, break through, progress, out, go forth, come on, come out of the closet, bulge, go up, advance, come in, step forward, step to the fore, show, dig up, fold up, come up, pop out, egress, draw close, draw near, bug out, go on, prove, coat, come to the fore, get on, push through, approach, erupt, fold, excavate, turn out, emerge, shape up, show up, turn up, pop, issue, appear, come near, come forward, come out, rise up, come forth, near, locate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surfacenoun

   Synonyms:
   exterior, outside, superficies

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burrowed

   an area that is flat with no hole

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use surface in a sentence?

1. Deepak Chopra:

   Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.

2. Lindsey Bell:

   If you look beneath the surface, you see a tale of two consumers, those in the hardest-hit industries who have lost their jobs, those are the folks who are really struggling. The other side of the equation is the people who can work from home. Our lives haven't been completely disrupted.

3. Craig Colten:

   There are very few basements in Louisiana, very few people live below, or even have a part of their house below the land surface, architecture and the local high water table -- which makes people not want to build basements and the fact that simply most houses are elevated, even with the same kind of rapid flooding that happened in New York Citys, if that had occurred in Louisiana, you wouldn't have seen the fatalities.

4. Thomas Shugart:

   Basically, the surface of the moon is better charted than the bottom of the ocean is.

5. Albert Schweitzer:

   Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.

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