Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowly |
| Synonyms: | base, common, contemptible, declassed, dishonorable, humble, ignoble, inferior, lower-class, mean, plebeian, unwashed, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | bastard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegitimate |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, baseborn, counterfeit, fake, false, imperfect, impure, inferior, irregular, misbegotten, misborn, mixed, mongrel, natural, phony, sham, spurious, suppositious, ungenuine |
| Antonyms: | legitimate |
| Main Entry: | common |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | low, coarse |
| Synonyms: | Philistine, baseborn, characterless, cheap, colorless, crass, declassé, hack, hackneyed, impure, inferior, low-grade, mean, middling, nondescript, passable, pedestrian, plebeian, poor, prosy, raffish, second-class, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, stale, trite, undistinguished, vulgar |
| Notes: | mutual applies to reciprocal relationships between two or more things; if something is held in common, use 'common' instead |
| Antonyms: | aristocratic, cultured, excellent, high, noble, refined, sophisticated, superior |
| Main Entry: | ignoble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowly, unworthy |
| Synonyms: | abject, base, baseborn, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, craven, dastardly, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, heinous, humble, infamous, inferior, lewd, low, mean, menial, modest, ordinary, peasant, petty, plain, plebeian, poor, rotten, scurvy, servile, shabby, shameful, simple, sordid, unwashed, vile, vulgar, wicked, wretched, wrong |
| Antonyms: | dignified, grand, high, honorable, noble, reputable, respectable, worthy |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | living in, coming from poor circumstances |
| Synonyms: | base, baseborn, humble, ignoble, lowborn, lowly, mean, meek, obscure, plain, plebeian, poor, rude, simple, unpretentious, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | high, rich |
| Main Entry: | lowly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, plain |
| Synonyms: | average, base, baseborn, cast down, common, commonplace, docile, dutiful, everyday, gentle, humble, ignoble, low, lowborn, mean, meek, menial, mild, modest, mundane, obscure, obsequious, ordinary, plebeian, poor, proletarian, prosaic, retiring, reverential, servile, simple, submissive, subordinate, unassuming, unpretentious, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | higher, lofty, noble, pretentious, superior |
| Main Entry: | menial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowly, low-status |
| Synonyms: | abject, base, baseborn, boring, common, degrading, demeaning, dull, fawning, grovelling, humble, humdrum, ignoble, ignominious, low, mean, obeisant, obsequious, routine, servile, slavish, sorry, subservient, sycophantic, unskilled, vile |
| Antonyms: | elevated, skilled, superior, talented |
| Main Entry: | misbegotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegitimate, illicit |
| Synonyms: | baseborn, bastard, dishonest, disreputable, illegal, natural, poor, shady, spurious, stolen, suppositious, unlawful, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | lawful, legal, legitimate, licit |
| Main Entry: | déclassé |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowly |
| Synonyms: | baseborn, common, declassed, humble, ignoble, inferior, mean |
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