lower
/ˈləʊ.ə//ˈloʊ.ɚ/
lower adjective: bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object. Also the comparative form of low.
Adjective
lower
Verb
lower (third-person singular simple present lowers, present participle lowering, simple past and past participle lowered)
- To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.
- lower a bucket into a well
- to lower a sail of a boat
- Synonyms:
- bring down
- To pull down.
- to lower a flag
- To reduce the height of.
- lower a fence or wall
- lower a chimney or turret
- Synonyms:
- shorten
- To depress as to direction.
- lower the aim of a gun
- To make less elevated.
- to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
- Synonyms:
- reduce
- To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of.
- lower the temperature
- lower one's vitality
- To bring down; to humble.
- lower one's pride
- To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
- I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.
- Synonyms:
- descend, be humble
- To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- lower the price of goods
- lower the interest rate
- To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease.
- The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
- Synonyms:
- die off
- To decrease in value, amount, etc.
- Synonyms:
- become, get smaller
- To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
Noun
lower (plural lowers)
- A bicycle suspension fork component.
Proper noun capitalized: Lower
Lower (plural Lowers)
- A surname.
Also used as
lower is also the comparative form of low.
lower is also the alternative spelling of lour.
lower meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
lower in Marathi
- कमी
lower in Bengali
- নিম্নতর
lower in Telugu
- తక్కువ
lower in Malayalam
- താഴ്ന്നത്
More languagesFewer languages
- lower in Gujarati
- નીચું
- lower in Nepali
- कम, कम गर्नुहोस्
- lower in Arabic
- أَدْنَى ʔadnā, دُنْيَا dunyā, أَسْفَل ʔasfal, سُفْلَى suflā
- lower in Persian
- کشیدن kešidan
Examples of lower in a sentence
- lower distilled liquors
- Please lower your voices. This is a library.
Synonyms of lower
Antonyms
Forms of lower
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | lowers |
| present participle | lowering |
| past participle | lowered |
| past | lowered |
| Noun | |
| plural | lowers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Lowers |
Origin of lower
From low + -er (comparative suffix).
Words formed from lower
- Carrajung Lower
- Coychurch Lower
- Gellibrand Lower
- Heytesbury Lower
- lower 48
- Lower Acacia Creek
- lower airway
- lowerarchy
- lower arm
- lower atmosphere
- lower back
- Lower Bago
- Lower Barrington
- Lower Basildon
- Lower Bavaria
- Lower Bayao
- Lower Beechmont
- Lower Beeding
- Lower Belford
- Lower Bentley
- Lower Beulah
- lower body
- lower body day
- Lower Boro
- Lower Bottle Creek
- lower bound
- lower boundary
- Lower Broughton
- Lower Brynamman
- Lower Bullingham
- lower camel case
- Lower Canada
- lower-case
- lower case
- lowercase
- lower chamber
- Lower Chichester
- Lower Chinook
- Lower Chittering
- lower class
- lower-class
- lower convex envelope
- lower court
- Lower Cowley
- Lower Creek
- Lower Cressbrook
- lower criticism
- Lower Cumberworth
- Lower Daintree
- Lower Darwen
- lower deck
- lower-down
- Lower Duck Creek
- Lower Dyraaba
- Lower Edmonton
- Lower Egypt
- Lower Egyptian
- lower esophageal sphincter
- Lower Eyre Peninsula
- Lower Franconia
Phrases with lower
- lower Ivy
- lower jaw
- lower lip
- lower set
- lower arms
- Lower Hutt
- Lower Ince
- lower jaws
- Lower Lake
- Lower Moor
- lower sets
- Lower Snug
140 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Lower Assam
- lower backs
- lower decks
- lower grade
- lower house
- lower Ivies
- Lower Largo
- lower limit
- Lower Maton
- Lower Moira
- lower mouth
- Lower Nubia
- lower order
- Lower Sapey
- Lower Siang
- lower sixth
- Lower Solva
- lower third
- Lower Yoder
- lower bounds
- lower courts
- Lower Holker
- lower houses
- Lower Kartli
- lower larynx
- lower limits
- lower mantle
- Lower Merion
- lower mouths
- Lower Norton
- lower orders
- Lower Oxford
- Lower Paxton
- Lower Peover
- Lower Plenty
- Lower Saxony
- lower school
- Lower Tanana
- lower thirds
- Lower Thorpe
- Lower Wilmot
- Ormond Lower
- Tarwin Lower
- the lower 48
- lower airways
- Lower Austria
- lower classes
- Lower Dagsian
- lower garment
- Lower Gwynedd
- Lower Heyford
- Lower Longley
- Lower Lourdes
- Lower Lusatia
- Lower Marshes
- Lower Milford
- lower mordent
- Lower Navarre
- Lower Peacock
- lower reaches
- Lower Salford
- lower schools
- Lower Silesia
- Lower Sorbian
- lower surgery
- Lower Svaneti
- lower the bar
- Lower Wendish
- Lower Bun-ayan
- Lower Canadian
- lower chambers
- lower garments
- Lower Langford
- lower larynges
- lower larynxes
- Lower Lusatian
- Lower Lydbrook
- Lower Mainland
- Lower Mangrove
- lower mordents
- Lower Normandy
- Lower Portland
- lower quartile
- Lower Sibatang
- Lower Silesian
- Lower Sydenham
- lower the boom
- Lower Township
- Lower Benefield
- lower body days
- Lower East Side
- lower leaf zone
- Lower Macdonald
- Lower Magsaysay
- Lower Makefield
- Lower Paleozoic
- lower quartiles
- Lower Slaughter
- Lower Slobbovia
- Lower Southgate
- Lower Subansiri
- lower surgeries
- Mahayahay Lower
- lower boundaries
- Lower California
- lower leaf zones
- Lower Ninth Ward
- Lower Providence
- Lower Withington
- zero lower bound
- lower atmospheres
- lower functioning
- Lower Lewis Ponds
- lower one's guard
- Lower Pappinbarra
- Lower Rock Quarry
- Lower Southampton
- Templestowe Lower
- zero lower bounds
- Lower General Luna
- lower middle class
- Lower Mount Bethel
- lower one's sights
- Lower Quirino Hill
- Lower Wattle Grove
- Newton Lower Falls
- Lower Dibang Valley
- Lower Paleozoic Age
- Lower Palæozoic Age
- Lower Turners Marsh
- Lower Assam Division
- lower middle classes
- lower semicontinuous
- lower than whaleshit
- mean lower low water
- lower semi-continuous
- lower convex envelopes
- lower respiratory tract
- rear admiral lower half
- walk on one's lower lip
Words that rhyme with lower
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Questions about lower
- What does lower mean?
- Lower means bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
- What is lower in Marathi?
- Lower in Marathi is कमी. See Lower meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use lower in a sentence?
- lower distilled liquors
- What part of speech is lower?
- Lower can be an adjective, a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lower?
- Lower is pronounced /ˈləʊ.ə/ (UK).
Words near lower in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lower (page history and authors); Lower (page history and authors); lower (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lower (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lower (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lower (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lower (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lower (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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