Synonyms for lowly
ˈloʊ li

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1. 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, humiliated

   Antonyms:
   noble, superior, skilled, senior

2. junior-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"

   Antonyms:
   skilled, noble, superior, senior

3. 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-ranking

   Antonyms:
   noble, senior, superior, skilled

4. base, 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)

   Antonyms:
   skilled, senior, superior, noble

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. lowly

   Synonyms:
   accountable, complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, lenient, limited, meek, mild, responsible, submissive, yielding

   Antonyms:
   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. lowly

   Synonyms:
   mean, low, common, humble, meek

   Antonyms:
   lofty, elevated, eminent, lordly, proud

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. lowly(a.)

   Synonyms:
   low, not high

2. lowly(a.)

   Synonyms:
   humble, meek, resigned, submissive

3. lowly(a.)

   Synonyms:
   mean, not great, without dignity

4. lowly(a.)

   Synonyms:
   modest, unpretending, not lofty

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. lowly(a)

   Synonyms:
   humble, meek, unassuming

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1. List of paraphrases:

   humble, modest

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How to use lowly in a sentence?

1. Mwanandeke Kindembo:

   We must, at once re-educate the next generation not to fall prey to this lowly level of thinking. Thus, making them strong enough to survive the next episode of life.

2. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers

3. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.

4. William Shakespeare:

   'T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.

5. Charles Darwin:

   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.

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