Antonyms for lower
ˈloʊ ərlow·er

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1. lower

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, reduce, sink

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1. lowerverb

   Antonyms:
   hoist, raise, heighten, exalt, increase, aggrandize, elevate

   Synonyms:
   depress, decrease, reduce, bate, abate, drop, humiliate, sink, debase, humble, diminish

2. loweradjective

   Antonyms:
   higher, superior

   Synonyms:
   inferior

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Devalue
   • Grimace

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. lower berth, lowerverb

   the lower of two berths

   Antonyms:
   lift, get up, bring up, elevate, raise

   Synonyms:
   lower berth

2. lower, take down, let down, get down, bring downverb

   move something or somebody to a lower position

   "take down the vase from the shelf"

   Antonyms:
   get up, lift, bring up, raise, elevate

   Synonyms:
   commence, land, swallow, write down, bring down, get off, tear down, get, raze, impose, trim down, disgrace, demoralise, take down, dismount, get down, dismantle, cut, demoralize, demean, trim back, trim, overthrow, turn down, pull down, cut down, disappoint, glower, reduce, degrade, set about, lour, subvert, overturn, visit, level, frown, start, put down, begin, inflict, let down, cast down, start out, dispirit, depress, cut back, deject, dismay, light, set down, rase, unhorse, note, set out

3. lower, lourverb

   set lower

   "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"

   Antonyms:
   elevate, lift, bring up, raise, get up

   Synonyms:
   depress, bring down, lour, frown, glower, let down, turn down, get down, take down

4. turn down, lower, lourverb

   make lower or quieter

   "turn down the volume of a radio"

   Antonyms:
   elevate, raise, bring up, get up, lift

   Synonyms:
   glower, depress, freeze off, reject, get down, scorn, take down, frown, decline, lour, spurn, bring down, pooh-pooh, let down, disdain, pass up, turn away, refuse, turn down

5. lower, depressverb

   cause to drop or sink

   "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"

   Antonyms:
   get up, lift, bring up, elevate, raise

   Synonyms:
   glower, depress, bring down, dismay, let down, take down, frown, dispirit, lour, deject, demoralise, get down, press down, demoralize, cast down, turn down

6. frown, glower, lour, lowerverb

   look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

   Antonyms:
   raise, elevate, lift, get up, bring up

   Synonyms:
   glare, let down, bring down, lour, frown, glower, depress, turn down, get down, take down

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1. loweradjective

   Synonyms:
   nether, under

2. lowerverb

   Synonyms:
   drop, depress, reduce, decrease, diminish, fall, humble, humiliate, degrade, abash, detrude, dishonor, frown, scowl, glower, look sullen

How to use lower in a sentence?

1. Kazuki Takizawa:

   Warm-up exercises may reduce injury by improving performance for serious athletes, but recreational athletes and weekend warriors are at a lower physical fitness level, especially in aerobic capacity, and they may fatigue by warm-up exercise and reduce performance.

2. Fergal Smith:

   The energy sector is a big drag on the market today and that continues to face headwinds, crude oil is under renewed pressure with its threat of new supply, so another lag lower in crude oil would be a big headwind for the market.

3. Matt Elliott:

   The lower tornado activity has largely been the result of an unfavorable pattern for tornadoes with occasional strong cold fronts shunting the deep, rich, high-quality moisture from the Gulf of Mexico south of Tornado Alley.

4. Taylor Wimpey:

   You will see lower transactions in the second-hand market ... I think a lot of that is to do with sellers more than buyers. Sellers are actually in some cases more cautious than buyers, which doesn't really impact on new build at all.

5. Rotolady:

   Want a better economy and a lower unemployment rate? Quit pretending you can stop people from gambling online.

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