Lower definition
Lower is a verb meaning "move something or somebody to a lower position." It has 7 meanings, as a verb, an adjective and a noun, listed below with an example sentence.
- Part of speech
- verb, adjective, noun
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 5
- How common
- Everyday word
Lower as a verb
move something or somebody to a lower position
Same sense: get down, take down, let down, bring down
set lower
"lower a rating"
Same sense: lour
make lower or quieter
Same sense: turn down, lour
cause to drop or sink
Same sense: depress
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
Same sense: frown, glower, lour
Lower as an adjective
the bottom one of two
Lower as a noun
the lower of two berths
Same sense: lower berth
Synonyms and antonyms
- get down
- take down
- let down
- bring down
- lour
- turn down
- depress
- frown
- glower
- lower berth
Opposites: raise, upper.
How to say lower
Lower has 2 syllables and rhymes with slower. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with lower
- slower
- blower
- whistleblower
- rower
- mower
- grower
- thrower
- goer
- sower
- knower
- churchgoer
- moviegoer
LOWER in word games
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Anagrams
- 1
Is LOWER a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check LOWER in the word checker, or unscramble LOWER to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.