Undercurrent

Quick meaning: Undercurrent is a noun meaning A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.

Meaning

A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed.
2. (transitive, also figuratively) To flow under some surface.

Example Sentences

The meeting was pervaded with an undercurrent of dread, as the managers tried not to admit that firings were looming.

All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her, like the thought of a man who keeps up a dialogue while he is considering how he can slip away.

Although the crowd was predominantly red-and-white, there was also a Romanian flavour, which these days in football terms tends to mean there is at least an undercurrent of discontent.

The feminist undercurrents of Fury Road got a lot of ink when the movie came out; critics loved pointing out that [George] Miller had brought in The Vagina Monologues writer Eve Ensler as an on-set consultant.

Word Forms

• undercurrents
• undercurrenting
• undercurrented

Synonyms for undercurrent

Depending on context, synonyms include undertow, subcurrent, subtext, undertone, undertide.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include undertide, undertone, groundswell, backdrop, implication, background.

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