Synonyms of the word lower


LOWERALTER - BERTH - BUNK - CHANGE - DECREASE - DEPRESS - DEVALUE - DISPLACE - FROWN - GLOWER - GRIMACE - LESSEN - LOUR - MINIFY - MODIFY - MOVE

lower

  • adj. comparative form of low: more low.
  • adj. bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
  • adj. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) older.
  • adv. comparative form of low: more low.
  • v. (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.
  • v. (transitive) to pull down.
  • v. (transitive) To reduce the height of.
  • v. (transitive) To depress as to direction.
  • v. (transitive) To make less elevated.
  • v. (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of.
  • v. (transitive) To bring down; to humble.
  • v. (reflexive) (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
  • v. (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
  • v. (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease.
  • v. (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
  • v. Alternative spelling of lour.

alter

  • v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
  • v. (intransitive) To become different.
  • v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  • v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

berth

  • n. A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
  • n. Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.).
  • n. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
  • n. (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
  • n. A job or position, especially on a ship.
  • n. (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
  • n. (sports) position on the field of play.
  • v. (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth.
  • v. (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to.

bunk

  • n. One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
  • n. (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
  • n. (military) A cot.
  • n. (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
  • n. (US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
  • v. To occupy a bunk.
  • v. To provide a bunk.
  • n. (slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
  • adj. (slang) defective, broken, not functioning properly.
  • v. (Britain) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk…
  • v. (dated) To expel from a school.

change

  • v. (intransitive) To become something different.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
  • v. (transitive) To replace.
  • v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
  • v. (archaic) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
  • n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
  • n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  • n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
  • n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
  • n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
  • n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
  • n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
  • n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  • n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
  • n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

decrease

  • v. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
  • n. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
  • n. (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be…

depress

  • v. To press down.
  • v. To make depressed, sad or bored.
  • v. To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
  • v. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
  • v. (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

devalue

  • v. To lower or remove the value of something.
  • v. To lose value; to depreciate.

displace

  • v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
  • v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  • v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
  • v. (psycology) to repress.

frown

  • n. A facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually…
  • n. A facial expression in which the corners of the mouth are pointed down.
  • v. (intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.
  • v. (intransitive) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly.
  • v. (transitive) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look.
  • v. (transitive) To communicate by frowning.

glower

  • v. (intransitive) To look or stare with anger.
  • n. An angry stare or glare.
  • n. That which glows or emits light.

grimace

  • n. A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.
  • v. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

lessen

  • v. (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
  • v. (intransitive) To become less.

lour

  • v. (intransitive) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening…
  • v. (intransitive) To frown; to look sullen.

minify

  • v. To make smaller.
  • v. To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase…
  • v. (computing) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to…

modify

  • v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
  • v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

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