underway
Meanings
Plural: underways
Adjective Satellite
- currently in progress
- "preparations for the trial are underway"
Adv
- In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
Noun
- A road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle; an underpass.
- An underground passage, subway, tunnel.
- A voyage, especially underwater.
Origin / Etymology
Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), equivalent to under- + way. Compare also German unterwegs.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
underway is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordunderway is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
underway is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
underway is a valid Words With Friends word