Synonyms for prostrate
- verb
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Bow down
down, bow down, fell, floor, throw down, knock down, blow down, bring low, throw, overcome, reduce, ruin, topple over, level, raze, overturn, overthrow, demolish
2. Incapacitate
incapacitate, debilitate, paralyze US, paralyse UK, exhaust, unbrace, weaken
Other
Adjective
prone, flat, recumbent, fallen, low, exhausted, ruined, overpowered, procumbent, pronated
Definitions
- v. 1
To lie flat or face-down.
- v. 2
To throw oneself down in submission.
- adj. 1
Lying flat, face-down.
Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.
Related words
- Word family
- prostration
- Phrases
- prostrate amaranth prostrate pigweed
Forms
- Past participle
- prostrated
e.g. prostrated → downed, felled, floored, thrun…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prostrate | steady | |
| unbrace | steady | |
| grovel | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1
- 4 letters
- down1, fell1, flat1, ruin2, raze1
- 5 letters
- level2, floor1, throw1, prone1
- 6 letters
- reduce2, fallen2, ruined2, weaken2, grovel2
- 7 letters
- exhaust2, unbrace
- 8 letters
- overcome3, overturn3, demolish3, paralyze3, paralyse, pronated
- 9 letters
- exhausted3, overthrow3, recumbent
- 10 letters
- debilitate4, procumbent
- 11 letters
- overpowered4
- 12 letters
- incapacitate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).