Synonyms for lowering
ˈlaʊ ər ɪŋ, ˈlaʊər ɪŋlow·er·ing

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1. lowering

   Synonyms:
   dark, threatening, gloomy, murky, lurid, overcast

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1. loweringnoun

   the act of causing to become less

   Synonyms:
   letting down

   Antonyms:
   clear

2. lowering, letting downadjective

   the act of causing something to move to a lower level

   Synonyms:
   letting down

   Antonyms:
   clear

3. heavy, lowering, sullen, threateningadjective

   darkened by clouds

   "a heavy sky"

   Synonyms:
   ominous, laboured, sullen, laborious, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, forbidding, with child(p), sound, dark, wakeless, dense, grueling, dour, heavy(p), threatening, grave, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), baleful, clayey, enceinte, minatory, menacing, grievous, glowering, fleshy, sour, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, gruelling, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, sonorous, great(p), profound, operose, saturnine, heavy, arduous, big(a), labored, moody, morose, punishing, glum, gravid, big(p), minacious, leaden, sinister

   Antonyms:
   clear

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1. • Decrease

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1. loweringadjective

   Synonyms:
   cloudy, clouded, overcast, lurid, murky

2. loweringnoun

   Synonyms:
   depression, diminution, reduction

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1. loweringadjective

   Synonyms:
   threatening, dark, sullen

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1. List of paraphrases for "lowering":

   reducing, reduction, reduce, decrease, decreasing, decline, diminishing, declining, cutting, lower

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1. Bernard Baumohl:

   The biggest folly is the belief that lowering interest rates by 25 or 50 bp will do anything to revive the economy, don't ask the Federal Reserve to bail out the economy, because they're not going to be able to do it this time.

2. Caitlin Oakley:

   President Donald Trump and Secretary Azar remain focused on lowering drug prices and empowering patients through more transparency in healthcare costs.

3. Andre Bakhos:

   You have central banks lowering rates around the world, while we are talking about raising rates. Our dollar is naturally going to get stronger, therefore, multinationals are going to whacked.

4. Rob Thummel:

   Releasing oil from the SPR reserve will likely not have a long-term effect on lowering gasoline prices.

5. Bob Menendez:

   The bill we are approving today makes clear the United States does not seek war or increased tensions with Beijing, just the opposite. We are carefully and strategically lowering the existential threats facing Taiwan by raising the cost of taking the island by force so that it becomes too high a risk and unachievable.