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| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under, inferior |
| Synonyms: | bush-league*, junior, lesser, low, minor, nether, reduced, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, under, curtailed, decreased, diminished, lessened, lower rung, pared down, second-class, second-fiddle, second-string |
| Antonyms: | higher, important, superior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let down; fall |
| Synonyms: | couch, depress, descend, droop, drop, ground, let down, reduce, sink, submerge, take down, bring low, cast down, demit, detrude, make lower, push down, set down |
| Antonyms: | elevate, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce, minimize |
| Synonyms: | abate, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, decry, deflate, demote, depreciate, devalue, diminish, downgrade, downsize, lessen, moderate, pare, prune, shave, slash, soften, tone down, undervalue, write off, de-escalate, devaluate, mark down, roll back, scale down |
| Antonyms: | elevate, heighten, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle, disgrace |
| Synonyms: | abase, condescend, debase, degrade, deign, demean, depress, devalue, downgrade, humble, humiliate, stoop, bemean, cast down |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close to the ground; short |
| Synonyms: | below, beneath, bottom, deep, depressed, flat, inferior, junior, lesser, level, little, lowering, minor, nether, profound, prostrate, shallow, small, squat, stunted, subjacent, sunken, under, bottommost, crouched, decumbent, ground-level, low-hanging, low-lying, low-set, not high, rock-bottom, squatty, subsided, unelevated |
| Antonyms: | above, high, tall |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reduced; mediocre |
| Synonyms: | cheap, cut, deficient, depleted, economical, inadequate, inexpensive, inferior, insignificant, little, meager, moderate, modest, nominal, paltry, poor, puny, reasonable, second-rate*, shoddy, small, sparse, substandard, trifling, worthless, cut-rate, low-grade, marked down, scant, slashed, uncostly |
| Antonyms: | above, elevated, high, increased, prominent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | abject, base, blue, coarse, common, contemptible, crass, dastardly, degraded, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gross*, ignoble, inelegant, mean, menial, miserable, nasty, obscene, off-color*, offensive, raw, rough, rude, scruffy*, servile, sordid, unbecoming, uncouth, unrefined, unworthy, vile, woebegone, woeful, wretched, crumby, ill-bred, scrubby, scurvy, undignified |
| Antonyms: | decent, honest, honorable, moral, respectable, upright |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | living in, coming from poor circumstances |
| Synonyms: | base, humble, ignoble, lowly, mean, meek, obscure, plain, plebeian, poor, rude, simple, unpretentious, baseborn, lowborn, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | high, rich |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
| Synonyms: | bad, blue*, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, downhearted, fed up, forlorn, gloomy, glum, miserable, moody, morose, sad, spiritless, unhappy, disheartened, down and out, down in the dumps, dragged, in the pits, low-down*, singing the blues |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, gay, happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well |
| Synonyms: | ailing, debilitated, dizzy, dying, exhausted, faint, feeble, frail, ill, indisposed, poorly, prostrate, reduced, sick, sickly, sinking, stricken, unwell, weak |
| Antonyms: | healthy, strong, well |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not loud |
| Synonyms: | faint, gentle, muffled, quiet, soft, subdued, whispered, hushed, muted |
| Main Entry: | abase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive of self-esteem, confidence |
| Synonyms: | belittle, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, reduce, shame |
| Antonyms: | cherish, dignify, exalt, extol, honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | belittle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detract |
| Synonyms: | bad-mouth, blister, criticize, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, downgrade, downplay, knock*, lower, minimize, pan, put down, rip*, roast*, run down, scorch*, scorn, slam*, smear, sour grapes, squash*, squelch, take down, tear down*, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, write off, cut down to size, cut to the quick, dispraise, dump on, pooh pooh, poor mouth, scoff at, shoot down*, shoot full of holes, sneer at, take a swipe at, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | build up, exaggerate, praise, value |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
| Synonyms: | abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, level, lower, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, slay*, tumble, undermine, upset, wound, KO, knock down, lay low, mow down, shoot down, throw down |
| Antonyms: | aid, encourage, help, raise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheapen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish worth |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lower, mar, minimize, reduce, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off, beat down, lose value, mark down, render worthless |
| Antonyms: | appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | commercialize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare for saleability |
| Synonyms: | advertise, cheapen, degrade, depreciate, lessen, lower, market, sell, develop as business, make bring returns, make marketable, make pay, make profitable, make saleable |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste, animalize, grease palm, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow less or make less |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lower, modify, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, waste, weaken, wear down, wither, devaluate, die down, dry up, lose edge, narrow down, run low, slack off, slow down, tail off, wear away |
| Antonyms: | add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | decry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize, blame |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bad-mouth*, belittle, calumniate, censure, condemn, defame, denounce, depreciate, derogate, detract, devalue, diminish, discount, discredit, disgrace, disparage, downgrade, hit*, knock*, lower, malign, minimize, pan*, put down, rap, reprehend, reprobate, run down, slam*, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write off, asperse, cry down, do a number on, dump on, mark down, opprobriate, poor-mouth, rail against, take away, take swipe at, throw stones at |
| Antonyms: | applaud, compliment, exalt, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | degrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, pan*, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down*, sink, slam, take down*, tear down*, vitiate, weaken, bemean, cast down, cut down to size, declass, disbar, mudsling, shoot down*, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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