above ground

== English == === Etymology === From above +‎ ground. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˈbʌvˌɡɹaʊnd/ === Prepositional phrase === above ground On or above the surface of the ground. (figurative) Not dead and buried; alive. 1992, David Webb Peoples, Unforgiven, screenplay: Alice: I told you, he don't have no wife, not aboveground, anyhow. Not of or relating to the social or political underground; in the open; existing within or produced by the establishment. ==== Synonyms ==== (on or above the surface of the ground): superterranean (not dead and buried): kicking; see also Thesaurus:alive (existing within or produced by the establishment): mainstream, official ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “on or above the surface of the ground”): belowground, underground; see also Thesaurus:subterranean (antonym(s) of “existing within or produced by the establishment”): underground ==== Translations ====