Synonyms for lower
ˈloʊ ərlow·er

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1. lower

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, reduce, sink

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

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1. lowerverb

   Synonyms:
   depress, decrease, reduce, bate, abate, drop, humiliate, sink, debase, humble, diminish

   Antonyms:
   hoist, raise, heighten, exalt, increase, aggrandize, elevate

2. loweradjective

   Synonyms:
   inferior

   Antonyms:
   higher, superior

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1. lower berth, lowerverb

   the lower of two berths

   Synonyms:
   lower berth

   Antonyms:
   lift, get up, bring up, elevate, raise

2. lower, take down, let down, get down, bring downverb

   move something or somebody to a lower position

   "take down the vase from the shelf"

   Synonyms:
   commence, land, swallow, write down, bring down, get off, tear down, get, raze, impose, trim down, disgrace, demoralise, take down, dismount, get down, dismantle, cut, demoralize, demean, trim back, trim, overthrow, turn down, pull down, cut down, disappoint, glower, reduce, degrade, set about, lour, subvert, overturn, visit, level, frown, start, put down, begin, inflict, let down, cast down, start out, dispirit, depress, cut back, deject, dismay, light, set down, rase, unhorse, note, set out

   Antonyms:
   get up, lift, bring up, raise, elevate

3. lower, lourverb

   set lower

   "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"

   Synonyms:
   depress, bring down, lour, frown, glower, let down, turn down, get down, take down

   Antonyms:
   elevate, lift, bring up, raise, get up

4. turn down, lower, lourverb

   make lower or quieter

   "turn down the volume of a radio"

   Synonyms:
   glower, depress, freeze off, reject, get down, scorn, take down, frown, decline, lour, spurn, bring down, pooh-pooh, let down, disdain, pass up, turn away, refuse, turn down

   Antonyms:
   elevate, raise, bring up, get up, lift

5. lower, depressverb

   cause to drop or sink

   "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"

   Synonyms:
   glower, depress, bring down, dismay, let down, take down, frown, dispirit, lour, deject, demoralise, get down, press down, demoralize, cast down, turn down

   Antonyms:
   get up, lift, bring up, elevate, raise

6. frown, glower, lour, lowerverb

   look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

   Synonyms:
   glare, let down, bring down, lour, frown, glower, depress, turn down, get down, take down

   Antonyms:
   raise, elevate, lift, get up, bring up

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Devalue
   • Grimace

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1. lowerverb

   Synonyms:
   depress, detrude, drop, sink, let down, bring down, take down

2. lowerverb

   Synonyms:
   degrade, debase, disgrace, humble, humiliate

3. lowerverb

   Synonyms:
   lessen, diminish, reduce, decrease

4. lowerverb

   Synonyms:
   grow dark, be clouded, appear gloomy, appear stormy

5. lowerverb

   Synonyms:
   frown, glower, look sullen, look black

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1. loweradjective

   Synonyms:
   nether, under

2. lowerverb

   Synonyms:
   drop, depress, reduce, decrease, diminish, fall, humble, humiliate, degrade, abash, detrude, dishonor, frown, scowl, glower, look sullen

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1. List of paraphrases for "lower":

   lowest, low, less, bottom, lesser, smaller, below, reduce, weaker, inferior, least, decrease, weakest, kick, decline, reduced, minor, cheaper, fewer, reducing, reduction, drop, minors, slower, baja, down, cut, fall, lowering, diminish

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How to use lower in a sentence?

1. Matt Smith:

   A drop in refinery utilization helped to offset lower imports, leading to a solid build to crude inventories, despite lower refinery runs, gasoline stocks still showed a build, with throughput edging lower on the prior week.

2. Samuel Butler:

   He that is down can fall no lower.

3. Michael Orlich:

   In our Adventist Health Study-2 people tended to have lower blood pressures, lower LDL cholesterol, less prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, and less diabetes, broadly defined vegetarians, which includes the pesco - and the semi-vegetarian, have a lower risk of colorectal cancer by about 22 %. Pesco-vegetarians have a lower risk for prostate cancer.

4. Ralph W. Sockman:

   Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

5. Rev. Randall R. McBride, Jr.:

   Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standard to success.