lower
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- minor, inferior, junior, lesser, secondary, second-class, smaller, subordinate
- reduced, curtailed, decreased, diminished, lessened
[verb]
Synonyms:
- drop, depress, fall, let down, sink, submerge, take down
- lessen, cut, decrease, diminish, minimize, prune, reduce, slash

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Antonyms: higher, rise, raise, elevate
Contrasted words: raise, elevate, hoist, lift, pull up
Related Words: peer, stare, intimidate, menace, threaten, demote, de-escalate, deflate, detrude, submerge, debase, reduce

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English Thesaurus: reduce, cut, lower, bring something down, slash, ...

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I. low‧er¹ W3 /ˈləʊə $ ˈloʊər/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: low, lower, lowly; verb: lower; noun: low; adverb: low]

1. [only before noun] below something else, especially below something of the same type Antonym : upper:
Nina chewed her lower lip anxiously.
Ruth went down to the lower deck (=lower level on a ship).
your lower limbs (=your legs)

2. [only before noun] at or near the bottom of something Antonym : upper:
the lower slopes of the mountain
She suffers with pain in her lower back.

3. smaller in number or amount Antonym : higher:
Temperatures will be lower over the weekend.

4. [only before noun] less important than something else of the same type Antonym : higher:
the lower levels of management

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II. lower² S3 W3 verb

1. REDUCE [intransitive and transitive] to reduce something in amount, degree, strength etc, or to become less:
Do you think we should lower the price?
After 20 minutes lower the temperature to 325°.
drugs to lower blood pressure
Helen lowered her voice (=made it quieter) as they approached.
His voice lowered (=became quieter).

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In everyday English, people usually say that someone turns down the temperature or volume rather than lowers it:
Can you turn the heating down?

2. MOVE DOWN [transitive] to move something down from higher up Antonym : raise:
Very gently, he lowered the dog onto the rug by the fire.
The flags were lowered to half-mast.
Greg watched as the coffin was lowered.
lower yourself
He lowered himself carefully down from the top of the wall.

3. lower your eyes/head to look down Antonym : raise:
Christina blushed and lowered her eyes.

4. lower yourself [usually in negatives] to behave in a way that makes people respect you less:
I wouldn’t lower myself to speak to her after what she’s done.

5. lower the tone (of something) to make something not as nice as it was:
They thought an influx of students would lower the tone of the neighborhood.
Trust you to lower the tone of the conversation (=include rude jokes etc in what you say)!
—lowered adjective:
He leaned forward and spoke in a lowered voice.

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III. low‧er³ (also lour British English) /ˈlaʊə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] literary

1. when the sky or the weather lowers, it becomes dark because there is going to be a storm Synonym : darken:
lowering clouds

2. to look threatening or annoyed Synonym : frown:
The other driver lowered at us as we passed him.

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lower
verb
ADV. carefully, gently | slowly | hastily, quickly Christina blushed and hastily lowered her eyes.
down
PREP. into She lowered herself into the driver's seat.
onto He carefully lowered the sleeping child onto the bed.
to She lowered herself down to the floor.

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reduce to make the price, amount, or size of something less or smaller:
The price was reduced by 50%.
We need to reduce the amount of salt in our diet.
cut to reduce something, especially by a large amount – used about prices, costs, jobs, or the time needed to do something:
Companies are always looking for ways to cut costs.
The journey time will be cut to under 2 hours.
Staff numbers have been cut by half to about 150.
lower to reduce the level, limit, or amount of something. Lower sounds rather formal:
The voting age was lowered to 18.
The government decided to lower interest rates by 0.5%.
After twenty minutes, lower the temperature to 150 degrees.
bring something down to reduce something such as prices or costs, or reduce the level of something. Bring something down is less formal than lower:
The government wants to bring down the level of inflation.
The company is trying to bring its costs down.
slash informal to reduce an amount or price by a very large amount – used especially in newspapers and advertisements:
Public spending has been slashed over the past two years.
Prices slashed for one week only!
cut something back to reduce the amount of something – used especially about people deciding to spend less, do less, or use less of something:
The education budget has been cut back again.
I need to cut back on my workload.
downsize to reduce the number of people employed in order to reduce costs – used about a company or organization:
The company is planning to downsize its European operations.
scale something down/back to reduce the size or the amount of money that is being spent on something:
The research programme has been scaled down.
The navy is being scaled down.
relieve/ease to make pain or feelings less unpleasant:
The drug is used to relieve pain.
A joke can help to ease the tension.
alleviate formal to reduce pain or suffering, or make a problem less serious:
You can buy various medicines to alleviate the symptoms of flu.
The new road was supposed to alleviate the congestion problem.

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