All lower synonyms

verb lower

• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• sink — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
• pare — Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• soften — to make soft or softer.
• lessen — to become less.
• devalue — To devalue something means to cause it to be thought less impressive or less deserving of respect.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• slash — to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
• downgrade — a downward slope, especially of a road.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
• cut down — If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
• depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
• scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
• droop — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
• ground — the act of grinding.
• descend — If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
• submerge — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
• couch — A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
• shave — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
• prune — a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
• clip — A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
• undervalue — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
• deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
• downsize — company: make redundancies
• decry — If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
• abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
• demote — If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
• moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
• devaluate — (transitive) To reduce in value.
• de-escalate — to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
• debase — To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
• humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
• stoop — to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
• condescend — If someone condescends to do something, they agree to do it, but in a way which shows that they think they are better than other people and should not have to do it.
• degrade — Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
• deign — If you say that someone deigned to do something, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they did it unwillingly, because they thought they were too important to do it.
• demean — If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.
• abase — to humble or belittle (oneself, etc)
• humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
• hand down — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• pull down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
• bring down — When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
• minimise — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
• minimize — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
• belittle — If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
• disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.