All lowly synonyms
lowΒ·ly
L l adj lowly
- inferior β lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- humble β not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- poor β having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- prosaic β commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- retiring β that retires.
- servile β slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
- simple β easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- submissive β inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- subordinate β placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- unassuming β modest; unpretentious.
- unpretentious β not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- baseborn β born of humble parents
- reverential β of the nature of or characterized by reverence; reverent: reverential awe.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- lowborn β of humble birth.
- proletarian β pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- average β An average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together.
- base β The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- common β If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
- commonplace β If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
- docile β easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
- dutiful β performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty: a dutiful citizen; a dutiful child.
- gentle β kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- ignoble β of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
- low β to utter by or as by lowing.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- meek β humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
- menial β lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
- mild β amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- modest β having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- mundane β common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obsequious β characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- ordinary β of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- plebeian β belonging or pertaining to the common people.
adjective lowly
- deprived β Deprived people or people from deprived areas do not have the things that people consider to be essential in life, for example acceptable living conditions or education.
- plain β clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- everyday β Happening or used every day; daily.