Synonyms for low
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Poor — not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
poor, cheap, contemptible, degraded, inferior, mean, base, bad, low-priced, paltry, sorry, simple, low-lying, ignoble, under informal, inglorious, plain, common, lousy, ignominious, pitiful, despicable
2. Down — depressed in mood, dejected, sad
down informal, depressed, miserable, down-hearted, dispirited, blue, dark, low-spirited, downcast, dull, dejected, unhappy, gloomy
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
playing low tricks on them
- adj. 2
Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
- adj. 3
Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
- adj. 4
Quiet; soft; not loud.
Why would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume?
Related words
- Word family
- low-alcohol lowball low-beam lowboy low-cal low-calorie low-class low-cost
- Phrases
- bring low low gear low spirits lie low lay low low back low line low loader
Example sentences
- cheap It is cheap, but on the other hand it is not good.
- degraded He degraded himself by telling me lies.
- paltry These shoes cost me the paltry sum of ten euros.
- reduced A series of blasts reduced the laboratory to ruins.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- down1, mean1, poor1, blue1, base1, dark1, deep1, soft1, weak1, flat1, bass1, dull1
- 5 letters
- still1, under2, small1, short1, sorry2, cheap1, quiet2, plain1, faint1, lousy2, lowly2
- 6 letters
- little2, common2, simple2, gentle2, humble2, modest2, gloomy2, feeble2, abject2, paltry2, scummy
- 7 letters
- reduced2, unhappy3, compact2, subdued2, pitiful3, ignoble3
- 8 letters
- moderate3, inferior4, depleted3, degraded3, dejected3, downcast2
- 9 letters
- depressed2, miserable4
- 10 letters
- reasonable4, despicable4, inglorious4, dispirited4
- 11 letters
- ignominious5
- 12 letters
- contemptible4
- 13 letters
- insignificant5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (under2 = 2 syllables).