Underlie [verb]

Definition of Underlie:

influence; hold in check

Synonyms of Underlie:

● Control

● Inhibit

● Dominate

● Handle

● Decide

● Manage

● Rule

● Curb

● Determine

● Regulate

● Guide

● Discipline

● Shepherd

● Incline

● Subdue

● Dispose

● Direct

● Tame

● Predispose

● Restrain

● Contain

● Bridle

● Boss

● Sway

● Check

● Steer

● Directionalize

● Get the better of


Opposite/Antonyms of Underlie:

● Give way

● Allow

● Yield

● Agree

● Neglect

● Mismanage

● Submit

● Help

● Abandon

● Permit

● Consent

● Acquiesce

● Surrender

● Obey

● Comply

● Liberate

● Release

● Hesitate

● Assist

● Aid


Sentence/Example of Underlie:

In Northumberland the same fact appears to underlie the evidence.

Did you ever think what those sleepers are that underlie the railroad?

These were the sort of questions that seemed to underlie the man's spoken words.

A study of Shakespeare's verbs should underlie all exercises in style.

The Principles of Structure must precede and underlie those of Quality.

The great revelations that underlie this latter day work are true.

Here the lava is noted for the number and extent of the caves that underlie it.

It is known to underlie the entire western part of the State.

First, the strike or course of the lode; and secondly, its underlie, or dip.

But these are the intellectual speculations that underlie art.