Synonyms for lower
verb
reduce, diminish, lessen, scale down, demote, de-escalate, push down, bring low, set down, let down, cast down, ground, depress; see also decrease 1, 2, drop 2.
See lower in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
also
lour verb
To wrinkle one's brow, as in thought, puzzlement, or displeasure:
frown, glower, scowl. Idiom: look black. See expressTo stare fixedly and angrily:
glare, glower, scowl. Idiom: look daggers at. See express, seeTo be imminent:
brew, hang over, impend, loom, menace, overhang, threaten. See near
noun
The act of wrinkling the brow, as in thought, puzzlement, or displeasure:
black look, frown, glower, scowl. See expressA fixed angry stare:
glare, glower, scowl. See express, see
adjective
Below another in standing or importance:
inferior, junior, lesser, low, minor, minor-league, petty, secondary, small, subaltern, subordinate, under. (Informal) smalltime. See over
verb
To cause to descend:
depress, drop, let down, take down. See riseTo decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:
chop1, clip1, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lop1, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increaseTo become or make less in price or value:
cheapen, depreciate, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, mark down, reduce, write down. See increase, moneyTo bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior:
descend, sink, stoop. See rise
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