Antonyms for lower
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : loh-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊ ər |
Definition of lower
Origin :- c.1600, "to descend, sink," from lower (adj.), from Middle English lahghere (c.1200), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "to let down, to cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the sense "to cause to descend" the simple verb low (Middle English lahghenn, c.1200) was in use into the 18c.
- adj under, inferior
- verb let down; fall
- verb reduce, minimize
- verb belittle, disgrace
- The lower classes of tradesmen were generally placed near the gates.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Their first act is to lower the duties on the importation of foreign cattle!
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- With his meager strength he assisted, and the two managed to lower the body gently.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The lower parts of the mountain were covered with the nut-pine.
- Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
- The hands of Hank Rainer fell suddenly, but now lower than his beard.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The sixth day brought Andrew Lanning in close view of the lower hills.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He was the head of the school when I, the elder, was a lout in the lower fourth.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- It is our mission, as the plants and the lower living things have theirs.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Do not let this great and disastrous fall sink you into lower depths of sin.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- He who does not believe in God must be a truster in that which is lower than himself.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
Synonyms for lower
- abase
- abate
- bemean
- bring low
- bush-league
- cast down
- clip
- condescend
- couch
- curtail
- curtailed
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- de-escalate
- debase
- decrease
- decreased
- decry
- deflate
- degrade
- deign
- demean
- demit
- demote
- depreciate
- depress
- descend
- detrude
- devaluate
- devalue
- diminish
- diminished
- downgrade
- downsize
- droop
- drop
- ground
- humble
- humiliate
- junior
- lessen
- lessened
- lesser
- let down
- low
- lower rung
- make lower
- mark down
- minor
- moderate
- nether
- pare
- pared down
- prune
- push down
- reduce
- reduced
- roll back
- scale down
- second-class
- second-fiddle
- second-string
- secondary
- set down
- shave
- sink
- slash
- smaller
- soften
- stoop
- subjacent
- submerge
- subordinate
- take down
- tone down
- under
- undervalue
- write off
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