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Meaning of "underling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERLING

underling  [ˈʌndəlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNDERLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of underling in the English dictionary

The definition of underling in the dictionary is a subordinate or lackey.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERLING


back-pedalling
ˈbækˌpedəlɪŋ
cycling
ˈsaɪk əlɪŋ
dwindling
ˈdwɪndəlɪŋ
enabling
ɪnˈeɪbəlɪŋ
hurdling
ˈhɜːdəlɪŋ
meddling
ˈmɛdəlɪŋ
modeling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
modelling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
muddling
ˈmʌdəlɪŋ
overpedalling
ˌəʊvəˈpedəlɪŋ
pedalling
ˈpiːdəlɪŋ
remodeling
ˌriːˈmɒdəlɪŋ
remodelling
ˌriːˈmɒdəlɪŋ
sanderling
ˈsændəlɪŋ
signaling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
soft-pedalling
ˌsɒftˈpedəlɪŋ
tenderling
ˈtendəlɪŋ
travelling
ˈtrævəlɪŋ
waddling
ˈwɒdəlɪŋ
yodelling
ˈjəʊdəlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERLING

underlayer
underlayment
underleaf
underlease
underleaves
underlet
underletter
underletting
underleveraged
underlie
underlier
underline
underlinen
underlining
underlip
underlit
underload
underlooker
underlying
underlyingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERLING

calling
carling
curling
darling
easterling
fingerling
herling
hurling
marling
merling
morling
pound sterling
shearling
snarling
starling
sterling
Stirling
swirling
toe-curling
whirling
yearling

Synonyms and antonyms of underling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNDERLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «underling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of underling

Translation of «underling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERLING

Find out the translation of underling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

下属
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subalterno
570 millions of speakers

English

underling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अफसर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلميذه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подчиненным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subalterno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আজ্ঞাধীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

subalterne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendiam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Untertan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

したっぱ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엎드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njaga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc hạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழாள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आच्छादन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ast
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

subalterno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podwładnego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підлеглим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

subaltern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποτακτικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onder het
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huggare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

streke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERLING»

The term «underling» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.107 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «underling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «underling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERLING»

Discover the use of underling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How's That Underling Thing Working Out for You?
In How's That Underling Thing Working Out for You?, Adams takes on the challenges of Elbonian sensitivity training, employee satisfaction surveys, confusopoly consultants, and more inside this new Dilbert book.
Adams, Scott, 2011
2
The Underling
Ottawa, Canada, 1934.
Ian McKercher, 2011
3
The Darkslayer: Underling Revenge (Book 3)
Bish Happens .
Craig Halloran, 2012
4
The Leader: A Review of Current Affairs, Politics, ...
Yet the shareholders' money was given to these papers by the advertisement department of the Railway, and our representative was treated to “ lofty scorn ” by a “ saved " railway underling. It was plain that in our exposure of the bigotry of the  ...
‎1903
5
Switchmen's Journal
Old Timer." THE UNDERLINGS. Chicago, October 25, 1886. Editors Switchmen- s Journal: I do not know any class of people that do the wage-earners more direct harm than the unscrupulous underling. "What I mean by an underling is nothing ...
‎1886
6
New York Supreme Court Appellate Division- First Department ...
3046 3047 3048 Peter H. Corr, for Plaintiflf—Cross. Q. What? A. What do you mean by an underling? ' Q. \Vhat do you understand to be an underling? A. N 0 head to Philadelphia. Colonel Malone: I move to strike that out. The Referee: ...
7
LD Sat Study Guide
Category Term Definition underling servile obedient and humble; like a servant underling sycophant one who praises and submits to superiors, especially in an attempt to gain from them or gain their approval underling obsequious readily ...
Paul Osborne, Ed.M., 2009
8
The Scumball Saga: The Destruction of L. E. O.
missed Rungy by more than a foot, and Rungy landed on the underling, who was frantically trying to set up for another shot. Rungy grabbed the bazooka, knocked the man out, whirled, and fired at the last four men. The blow ricocheted off of ...
Matthew Bird, 2005
9
Ventures in Social Interpretation
The concern of the bureaucratic overseer with the behavior of his bureaucratic underling is matched by the habits of the underling, himself. The average human being is neither inclined to extensive thought nor capable of it. This ideophobia is  ...
10
How To Say It for Women
Eradicate the Grammar of Weakness Before you can shed the grammar of weakness, understand what it is and how it burrows its way into and undermines your communications, pegging you as an underling. Julius Caesar said, "The fault, ...
Phyllis Mindell, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
SAC Trader Who Forced Male Underling To Take Female Hormones …
Instead, where he went arguably too far, was when he tested the theory on an underling named Andrew Tong. In addition to making Tong take female hormones, ... «DealBreaker, Jul 15»
2
Wall Street CEO will have to pay up for slut-shaming intern
A wolf of Wall Street will have to pay $1​8​ million for sexually harassing and then trashing online his pretty Swedish underling, a Manhattan jury found Monday ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
3
Mike Florio: Goodell Underling(s) Were Out to Get the Patriots
PFT's Mike Florio was the guest on this week's Glass Half Empty podcast. In this first part, we talked a lot about Ballghazi, which has had elements from the very ... «The Big Lead, Jun 15»
4
My nights with the horndog of Wall Street
The pretty Swedish underling who sued her Wall Street boss, saying he pressured her into having sex and fired her when she cut him off, took the stand in ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
5
Financier feels 'shameful' for sending porn pic to underling
Cocky Wall Street CEO Benjamin Wey finally showed some regret Friday at his Manhattan federal trial for allegedly sexually harassing his pretty Swedish intern ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
6
Financier admits firing underling after she 'cheated on him'
Benjamin Wey and Hanna Bouveng outside court on June 18. Photo: (Left) Stefan Jeremiah; (right) John M. Mantel. FOLLOW THE STORY. Horndog CEO says ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
7
Financier 'threatened' underling he slept with before suit
The Wall Street CEO on trial for pressuring a pretty Swedish underling into sleeping with him wrote her a menacing email to try scaring her out of filing a sexual ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
8
Elon Musk: I never told a male underling to miss his child's birth
Entrepreneur Elon Musk pushed back Tuesday on Twitter against some claims made about him in a forthcoming book, Ashlee Vance's "Elon Musk: Tesla, ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
9
NPA boss could be sued by underling
Johannesburg - A senior advocate in the office of the NPA has vowed to sue his boss, Mxolisi Nxasana, after criminal charges of defeating the ends of justice ... «Independent Online, May 15»
10
Incumbent coroner, underling seek Dem nod in race for Fayette …
Traveling by Jeep, boat and foot, Tribune-Review investigative reporter Carl Prine and photojournalist Justin Merriman covered nearly 2,000 miles over two ... «Tribune-Review, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Underling [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/underling>. Apr 2024 ».
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