beneath

Under something, or lower than someone in rank or social importance.

• The cat slept beneath the table.
• Several officers served beneath her.
• She considered that kind of work beneath her.

How to use it: beneath someone/something (The box is beneath the bed.); be beneath someone (He thinks cleaning is beneath him.)

Similar words: under, below

Opposites: above

Common phrases: beneath the table, beneath someone, beneath the surface, beneath a tree

In a lower place, directly under something.

• The boat rocked on the waves beneath.
• She lifted the cloth and found dust beneath.
• Clouds covered the mountain, hiding the valley beneath.

Similar words: below, underneath

Opposites: above

Common phrases: from beneath, lie beneath