lower

Nouns

Verbs

  • (v) move something or somebody to a lower position
    • take down the vase from the shelf
    bring down, let down, take down, get down,
  • (v) set lower
    • lower a rating
    • lower expectations
    lour,
  • (v) make lower or quieter
    • turn down the volume of a radio
    lour, turn down,
  • (v) cause to drop or sink
    • The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir
    depress,
  • (v) look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval frown, glower, lour,

Synonyms

lower berth bring down let down take down get down lour turn down depress frown glower

Antonyms

lift elevate raise get up bring up

Words of close approximity

lowan lowly Lowry
lower berth lower bound Lower California lower cannon Lower Carboniferous Lower Carboniferous period lowercase lower-case letter lower class lower-class lowerclassman lower court lower criticism lower deck lowered Lower Egypt lowering loweringly lower jaw lower jawbone lower limit lower mantle lower-middle-class lowermost Lower-Normandy lower oneself Lower Paleolithic Lower Peninsula lower rank lower-ranking lower respiratory infection lower respiratory tract lower respiratory tract smear Lower Saxony lower status Lower Tunguska