Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lower

/ˈloʊ.ɚ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English

Syllables: low-er
IPA: /ˈloʊ.ɚ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

comparative form of low: more low

adj

Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.

adj

Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.

adj

adv

comparative form of low: more low

verb

To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.

Transitive verb

verb

Transitive verb

verb

To reduce the height of.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Lower Manhattan"
"Lower Burgundy"
"lower a bucket into a well"
"to lower a sail of a boat"
"1833 (first publication), Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women Lower'd softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave."
"At level crossings where there are to be half-barriers, train-operated through track-circuiting, the barriers will be timed to lower fully about five seconds before the fastest train can reach the crossing."

Etymology

From low + -er (comparative suffix).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: low

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈloʊ.ɚ/
British English: /ˈləʊ.ə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

lowers (present, singular) lowering (participle, present) lowered (participle, past) lowered (past) lowers (plural)

Derived Forms

lowerarchy lowercase lowermost lowery lurk nonlower lowerable lowerator lowerer relower unlowered

Phrases

Carrajung Lower Coychurch Lower Gellibrand Lower Heytesbury Lower lower 48 Lower Acacia Creek lower airway lower arm

Frequently Paired Words

loweringly

Synonyms

descend bring down shorten reduce turn down be humble cut die off drop fall fall off shrink

Antonyms

higher upper

Rhymes With

slower blower rower mower grower thrower goer sower knower poer schroer dougher

Questions

How do you pronounce lower?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈloʊ.ɚ/.
What does lower mean?: comparative form of low: more low
Where does lower come from?: From low + -er (comparative suffix).

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