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1. lower
verb. ['ˈloʊɝ'] move something or somebody to a lower position.
Synonyms
- descend
- bring down
- go down
- depress
- take down
- incline
- fall
- come down
- dip
- get down
- reef
- displace
- move
Antonyms
- ascend
- rise
- be born
- vernal equinox
Etymology
- lowren (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Rhymes with Lower
- thrower
- stower
- schroer
- grower
- groer
- cloer
- broer
- sower
- rower
- roher
- poer
- mower
- knower
- goer
- dougher
- bowar
How do you pronounce lower?
Pronounce lower as loʊər.
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Sentences with lower
1. Adjective, comparative
Turn the light fixture body counterclockwise and gently lower it until you can see the wires.
Quotes about lower
1. A mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were two ways to be happy:improve your reality or lower your expectations.
- Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
2. I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.
- Bill Watterson
3. I am always sad, I think. Perhaps this signifies that I am not sad at all, because sadness is something lower than your normal disposition, and I am always the same thing. Perhaps I am the only person in the world, then, who never becomes sad. Perhaps I am lucky.
- Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
2. upper-lower-class
adjective. occupying the upper part of the lower class.
Synonyms
- low-class
Antonyms
- upper-class
- noble
3. lower-case_letter
noun. the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.
Synonyms
- grapheme
- graphic symbol
- lowercase
- character
- minuscule
Antonyms
- superscript
- subscript
- lowercase
- majuscule
4. lower-class
adjective. occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society.
Synonyms
- upper-lower-class
- lowborn
- working-class
- blue-collar
- position
- low-class
- proletarian
- wage-earning
- status
- propertyless
Antonyms
- middle-class
- upper-class
- white-collar
- skilled
5. lower-middle-class
adjective. occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society.
Antonyms
- upper-class
6. lower
verb. ['ˈloʊɝ'] set lower.
Synonyms
- lour
- subdue
- devalue
- derate
Antonyms
- ascent
- natural depression
- indispose
- accelerate
Etymology
- lowren (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. lower
verb. ['ˈloʊɝ'] make lower or quieter.
Synonyms
- turn down
- decrease
- lessen
- minify
Antonyms
- encourage
- elate
- strengthen
- humanize
Etymology
- lowren (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. lower
noun. ['ˈloʊɝ'] the lower of two berths.
Synonyms
- built in bed
- bunk
- lower berth
Antonyms
- stay in place
- float
- refrain
- thicken
Etymology
- lowren (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. lower
verb. ['ˈloʊɝ'] look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.
Synonyms
- grimace
- frown
- lour
- pull a face
- glower
- scowl
Antonyms
- deflate
- lengthen
- leave
- win
Etymology
- lowren (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. lower
verb. ['ˈloʊɝ'] cause to drop or sink.
Synonyms
- alter
- modify
- change
Antonyms
- expand
- appreciate
- crescendo
- gain
Etymology
- lowren (Old English (ca. 450-1100))