What are some alternative words for lowly?
Synonyms for lowly
ˈloʊ li
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term lowly.
Princeton's WordNet
humble, low, lowly, modest, small(adj)
low or inferior in station or quality
"a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
Synonyms:
down(p), dispirited, minor, small, downcast, subaltern, scummy, base, baseborn, low-down, modest, petty(a), scurvy, pocket-sized, lower-ranking, secondary, humbled, gloomy, miserable, low, broken, small(a), down in the mouth, blue, humble, downhearted, grim, meek, low-toned, low-pitched, little, menial, pocket-size, small-scale, depleted, crushed, mild, junior-grade, diminished, abject, depressed, minuscule, low-spirited, belittled, humiliatedjunior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern(adj)
inferior in rank or status
"the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
humble, menial, lowly(adj)
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Synonyms:
baseborn, low, small, base, petty(a), junior-grade, secondary, subaltern, modest, humble, menial, lower-rankingbase, baseborn, humble, lowly(adj)
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
Synonyms:
junior-grade, mean, basal, subaltern, humble, base, modest, menial, meanspirited, low, lower-ranking, secondary, small, immoral, baseborn, petty(a)
English Synonyms and Antonyms
lowly
Synonyms:
accountable, complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, lenient, limited, meek, mild, responsible, submissive, yieldingAntonyms:
absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, coercive, commanding, compulsive, compulsory, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, exacting, haughty, imperative, imperious, irresponsible, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, positive, supreme, tyrannical, unconditional, unequivocal
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lowly(a.)
lowly(a.)
Synonyms:
humble, meek, resigned, submissivelowly(a.)
Synonyms:
mean, not great, without dignitylowly(a.)
Synonyms:
modest, unpretending, not lofty
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lowly(a)
Synonyms:
humble, meek, unassuming
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#350 | small | |
#398 | little | |
#402 | low | |
#618 | blue | |
#736 | common | |
#751 | limited | |
#988 | base | |
#1008 | mean | |
#1237 | responsible | |
#2535 | broken | |
#2673 | minor | |
#2766 | secondary | |
#5870 | constitutional | |
#7995 | compliant | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#8164 | mild | |
#9933 | conditional | |
#10026 | modest | |
#12155 | humble | |
#12571 | accountable | |
#12913 | depressed | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#14263 | crushed | |
#14856 | grim | |
#17102 | miserable | |
#17833 | diminished | |
#18555 | basal | |
#18856 | yielding | |
#21173 | depleted | |
#25406 | immoral | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#29257 | submissive | |
#29487 | meek | |
#37657 | lowly | |
#39475 | humiliated | |
#45288 | humbled | |
#49824 | ductile | |
#51865 | abject | |
#54137 | lenient | |
#66707 | docile | |
#69348 | scurvy | |
#71006 | minuscule | |
#76394 | menial | |
#81752 | downcast | |
#115306 | scummy | |
#123625 | subaltern | |
#133788 | belittled | |
#147160 | dispirited | |
#245806 | downhearted | |
#293856 | complaisant |
How to use lowly in a sentence?
We must, however, acknowledge as it seems to me, that a man with all his noble qualities...still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.
We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.
Over the year, what we've seen is that for a long term, emerging markets are still quite lowly priced or reasonably priced, and earnings potential is also quite good. So from a long-term perspective, it's reasonably attractive.
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