baser

ADJECTIVE

subordinate

Synonyms

STRONG

accessory adjuvant auxiliary collateral dependent inferior junior low lower minor satellite secondary sub subaltern subject subnormal subsidiary tributary

WEAK

ancillary below par contributory insignificant paltry second-fiddle second-string smaller subalternate submissive subservient substract under underaverage unequal

Antonyms

STRONG

chief first-class first-rate important main primary source strong superior

WEAK

major necessary vital

Example Sentences

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But it can also enhance our baser instincts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Bizarre as all of this is, Ackman’s self-promotion has obscured a perhaps far baser motivation for attacking Harvard.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2023

“The Killer” should satisfy those with baser instincts, particularly as it reunites Fincher with “Seven” screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, who adapted Alexis Nolent’s noirish graphic novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

And it seemed to Tyrion that the gold and silver and platinum links far outnumbered those of baser metals.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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