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nadir - 10 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | nadir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lowest point |
| Synonyms: | all-time low, base, bottom, floor, rock bottom, low point, record low, zero level |
| Notes: | zenith derived from Arabic samt ar-ras 'the way or road above one's head'; zenith technically is the point directly above the observer and nadir is the point directly below |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, bitter end, boundary, ceiling, climax, consummation, crest, crown, culmination, depth, edge, end, excess, extremity, height, maximum, nadir, peak, pinnacle, pole, termination, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith, inordinancy, nth degree |
| Main Entry: | floor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bottom of a room; level of a multistory building |
| Synonyms: | basement, canvas, carpet, cellar, deck, flat, flooring, ground, landing, mat, mezzanine, nadir, rug, stage, story, tier, upstairs, boards, downstairs, lowest point |
| Antonyms: | ceiling |
| Main Entry: | least |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slightest, smallest |
| Synonyms: | atomic, bottom, first, gutter, infinitesimal, last, lowest, microscopic, minimal, minimum, minute, molecular, nadir, niggling*, piddling*, second, third*, trivial, unimportant, entry-level, feeblest, fewest, finical, meanest, microcosmic, minutest, most trivial, next to nothing, poorest, short-end, tiniest |
| Antonyms: | most |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minimum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lowest amount |
| Synonyms: | atom, bottom, dab, depth, dot, gleam, grain, hair, iota, jot, least, lowest, margin, modicum, molecule, nadir, particle, pittance, point, scintilla, scruple, shadow, smidgen, soupçon, spark, speck, trifle, whit, narrowest, slightest, smallest |
| Antonyms: | maximum, most, largest |
| Main Entry: | zero |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nothing |
| Synonyms: | aught, blank, bottom, cipher, love*, nadir, naught, nil*, nix*, nobody*, nonentity, nullity, oblivion, rock bottom*, scratch, void, zilch*, zip*, insignificancy, lowest point, nada, nought, ought, shutout, zot |
| Antonyms: | anything, being, something, thing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rock bottom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute bottom |
| Synonyms: | all-time low, base, bedrock, nadir, depths, record low, solid bottom, solid rock |
| Main Entry: | bottom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation |
| Synonyms: | base, basement, basis, bed, bedrock, belly, floor, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, nadir, pedestal, rest, seat, sole, support, terra firma, underneath, underside, deepest part, depths, lowest part, nether portion, pediment, substratum, substructure, underbelly |
| Antonyms: | top |
| Main Entry: | extremity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
| Synonyms: | acme, acuteness, adversity, apex, apogee, border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, climax, consummation, crisis, depth, dire straits, disaster, edge, end, excess, extreme, frontier, height, last, margin, maximum, nadir, outside, pinnacle, plight, pole, remote, rim, setback, terminal, termination, tip, top, trouble, verge, vertex, zenith, extremes, terminus |
| Main Entry: | foot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | base of an object |
| Synonyms: | bottom, foundation, nadir, pier, lowest point |
| Antonyms: | lid, top |
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