underbar

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noun

A bar placed under a symbol.

“̲A is the letter A with an underbar.”

Similar
underscore
OriginEnglish bar ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

noununderbar (plural underbars)

plural underbars

  1. A bar placed under a symbol.

    ̲A is the letter A with an underbar.

  2. Synonym of underscore.

    Synonyms: underscore

verbunderbar (third-person singular simple present underbars, present participle underbarring, simple past and past participle underbarred)

present singular third person underbars · participle present underbarring · participle past underbarred · past underbarred

  1. transitiveTo place a bar under (a symbol).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of underscore.

Similar
underscore

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishbar
  13. Englishunderbar

From under- + bar.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

errabundunbarred
Cite this entry
APA

underbar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbar

MLA

“underbar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underbar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbar.

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