UNDER-THE-TABLE Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

under-the-table

adjective

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as in under-the-counter

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Recent Examples of under-the-table Skinner is a reprieve from Aishe’s life working in brutal restaurant kitchens for under-the-table wages; Aishe is a grounding force for Skinner, grieving the loss of his best friend and managing his PTSD symptoms with a cocktail of meds and plenty of booze. —

Katie Walsh, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 As alluded to previously, many athletes accepted under-the-table payments from schools (and their partners) who knew their contributions have a meaningful impact on their (and their partners’) bottom line. —

Nick Lomaglio, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 The truth is, under the old system, plenty of elite players were there only for the under-the-table cash. —

Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2025 In it, deaf canteen employee Alison Brooks (Rose Ayling-Ellis) lands an under-the-table gig as a covert lip reader for the police and finagles her way into the apex of an upcoming heist operation. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for under-the-table

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Behind the bar, crammed into a small station barely wide enough for one person, were two rice cookers, a combination oven, an induction burner and an under-the-counter fridge.

— Priya Krishna, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
By night, his father would lend him his binoculars to spy on women through their windows, filling in any gaps in his anatomical understanding with whatever under-the-counter girly magazines had managed to wiggle through Italy’s draconian censorship.

— Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024