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All low-lying synonyms

low-ly·ing
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adj low-lying

  • short — having little length; not long.
  • small — of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
  • flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
  • little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
  • below — If something is below something else, it is in a lower position.
  • depressed — If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
  • lowering — comparative of low1 .
  • shallow — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
  • sunken — having sunk or been sunk beneath the surface; submerged.
  • bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
  • level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
  • deep — If something is deep, it extends a long way down from the ground or from the top surface of something.
  • stunted — slowed or stopped abnormally in growth or development.
  • squat — to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.
  • minor — lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
  • prostrate — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
  • junior — younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name): May I speak with the junior Mr. Hansen? Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Jr. Compare senior (def 1).
  • inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
  • crouched — to stoop or bend low.
  • subsided — to sink to a low or lower level.
  • beneath — Something that is beneath another thing is under the other thing.
  • lesser — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
  • nether — lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal: the nether regions.
  • profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
  • subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
  • under — beneath and covered by: under a table; under a tree.
  • decumbent — lying down or lying flat
  • bottommost — lowest or most fundamental
  • rock-bottom — at the lowest possible limit or level; extremely low: rock-bottom prices.
  • squatty — short and thick; low and broad.
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