Related Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | below |
| Synonyms: | beneath, bottom, concealed by, covered by, down, downward, held down, inferior, lower, nether, on the bottom, on the nether side, on the underside, pinned, pressed down, supporting, to the bottom, underneath |
| Antonyms: | above, higher, more, over, up, upward |
| Main Entry: | below |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
| Definition: | lower |
| Synonyms: | beneath, down, down from, under, underneath |
| Antonyms: | above, over |
| Main Entry: | beneath |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | inferior |
| Synonyms: | below, less than, lesser, lower than, subject, subordinate, unbefitting, under, underneath, unworthy of |
| Antonyms: | above, higher, over, superior |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indirect, secondary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accompanying, added, adjunctive, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, attendant, auxiliary, circuitous, coincident, complementary, concomitant, concurrent, confirmatory, coordinate, corresponding, corroborative, dependent, incident, lateral, not lineal, parallel, related, roundabout, satellite, side, sub, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, under |
| Antonyms: | chief, direct, main, primary, principal |
| Main Entry: | dependent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, helpless |
| Synonyms: | abased, clinging, counting on, debased, defenseless, humbled, immature, indigent, inferior, lesser, minor, poor, reliant, relying on, secondary, subordinate, tied to apron strings, under, under thumb, unsustaining, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | independent, mature, strong, unreliant |
| Main Entry: | down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | below; physically lower |
| Synonyms: | bottomward, cascading, declining, depressed, descending, downgrade, downhill, downward, dropping, earthward, falling, gravitating, groundward, inferior, nether, precipitating, sagging, sinking, sliding, slipping, slumping, subjacent, to the bottom, under, underneath |
| Antonyms: | above, higher |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | less in rank, importance |
| Synonyms: | back seat, bottom, bottom-rung, entry-level, junior, less, lesser, lower, menial, minor, minus, nether, peon, second, second-banana, second-fiddle, second-string, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, subsidiary, under, underneath |
| Antonyms: | best, better, extraordinary, first-class, first-rate, foremost, superior |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close to the ground; short |
| Synonyms: | below, beneath, bottom, bottommost, crouched, decumbent, deep, depressed, flat, ground-level, inferior, junior, lesser, level, little, low-hanging, low-lying, low-set, lowering, minor, nether, not high, profound, prostrate, rock-bottom, shallow, small, squat, squatty, stunted, subjacent, subsided, sunken, under, unelevated |
| Antonyms: | above, high, tall |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under, inferior |
| Synonyms: | bush-league, curtailed, decreased, diminished, junior, lessened, lesser, low, lower rung, minor, nether, pared down, reduced, second-class, second-fiddle, second-string, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, under |
| Antonyms: | higher, important, superior |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
