|
WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!
Adjective low has 11 senses
- low - less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoire is low"
Antonyms: high, advanced, broad, full, exalted, flooding, in flood, overflowing, swollen, graduate, postgraduate, great, higher, last, utmost, soaring
- low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
Antonyms: high, altitudinous, commanding, dominating, overlooking, eminent, lofty, soaring, towering, high-level, high-stepped, high-stepping, high-top, high-topped, steep, upper
- low, low-toned - very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf"
Antonym: loud (indirect, via soft)
- low - unrefined in character; "low comedy"
Antonym: refined (indirect, via unrefined)
- low, low-pitched - used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
Antonyms: high, high-pitched, adenoidal, pinched, nasal, altissimo, countertenor, alto, falsetto, peaky, spiky, piping, piercing, shrill, sharp, screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing, soprano, treble, sopranino, tenor, shrilling
- abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy - of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
Antonym: estimable (indirect, via contemptible)
- humble, low, lowly, modest, small - low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
Antonym: superior (indirect, via inferior)
- depleted, low - no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"
Antonym: sufficient (indirect, via insufficient)
- broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low - subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
Antonym: proud (indirect, via humble)
- blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited - low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
Antonym: elated (indirect, via dejected)
- first, low - being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"
Antonym: reverse (indirect, via forward)
Adverbial low has 1 sense
- low - in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low"
Noun low has 4 senses
- low, low pressure, depression - an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
--1 is a kind of air mass
--1 is a part of cyclone
- Low, David Low, Sir David Low, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low - British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
--2 is a kind of cartoonist
- low - a low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to a new low"
--3 is a kind of degree, grade, level
Antonyms: high
- first gear, first, low gear, low - the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
--4 is a kind of gear, gear mechanism
--4 is a part of car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
Verb low has 1 sense
- moo, low - make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
--1 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
|