Thesaurus results for UNDERCURRENT

undercurrent

noun

as in undertow

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Recent Examples of undercurrent The board also is considering social studies standards that have been criticized as too state-centric, not focused enough on world events and rife with an undercurrent of American exceptionalism. —

ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026 The bass triplet, a constant undercurrent in the track, is steady and clear. —

Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026 Reirson, the Western State College of Law professor, said the nation’s founding ideals of pluralism and equal opportunity have often clashed with an undercurrent of nativism and white supremacy. —

Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026 Any tension between them, though, stems from personal affronts, while their ideological differences exist as a largely unremarked upon undercurrent. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undercurrent

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undertow

Noun

The little girl was quickly slipping under the ocean’s surface, pulled down by an undertow in the turbulent water next to a rock jetty.

— Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2026
Brown and her creative team have gotten caught up in adornment without capturing a deeper undertow that strings it all together.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026