Lowest — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Related Entry: Low (adjective)

Low is a different word from Lowest. The synonyms below are for low, not for lowest.

1. being near the equator

   "we took a cruise to the low northern latitudes"

   similar: equatorial, tropical
   related: semitropical, subtropical
   opposite: polar
   near: temperate

2. belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development

   "once considered the latest thing, electric typewriters now look like low technology indeed"

   similar: crude, primitive, rude, rudimentary
   related: basic, simple, uncomplicated, homely, homespun, unsophisticated, early, embryonic, primeval, primordial, backward, underdeveloped, undeveloped, aged, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, dated, fusty, hoary, musty, obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé, past, quaint, unmodernized
   opposite: advanced, developed, evolved, high, higher, late
   near: complex, complicated, intricate, involved, sophisticated, full-blown, grown, mature, matured, perfected, ripe, ripened, civilized, cultivated, enlightened, refined, contemporary, current, latest, mod, modern, modernistic, new, newfangled, new-fashioned, novel, now, present-day, space-age, state-of-the-art, supermodern, ultramodern, up-to-date

3. belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank

   "people, both high and low, have been worshipping in this cathedral for centuries"

   similar: baseborn, common, humble, ignoble, inferior, low-life, lowborn, lower-class, lowly, lumpen, mean, plebeian, prole, proletarian, unwashed, vulgar
   related: bourgeois, middle-class, plain, poor, simple, working-class, déclassé, down-market, downscale
   opposite: aristocratic, blue-blooded, genteel, gentle, grand, great, high, highborn, highbred, lofty, noble, patrician, upper-class, upper-crust, wellborn
   near: eminent, illustrious, notable, prominent

4. feeling unhappiness

   "I was feeling low, and wanted to do something exciting to cheer myself up"

   similar: bad, blue, brokenhearted, cast down, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, doleful, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, gloomy, glum, hangdog, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, heavyhearted, inconsolable, joyless, low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched
   related: aggrieved, distressed, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, worried, despairing, hopeless, sunk, disappointed, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, suicidal, dolorous, lachrymose, lugubrious, plaintive, tearful, regretful, rueful, agonized, anguished, grieving, wailing, weeping, black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, desolate, dismal, drear, dreary, elegiac, funereal, gray, morbid, morose, murky, saturnine, somber, sullen
   opposite: blissful, buoyant, buoyed, cheerful, cheery, chipper, delighted, glad, gladdened, gladsome, gleeful, happy, joyful, joyous, jubilant, sunny, upbeat
   near: ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, overjoyed, rapturous, rhapsodic, blithe, blithesome, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, lightsome, merry, mirthful, excited, thrilled, hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine, encouraged, heartened, animated, bouncing, energetic, frisky, jaunty, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy, content, gratified, pleased, satisfied, beaming, grinning, laughing, smiling, boon, carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned

5. having a low musical pitch or range

   "the tuba's low notes made the floor vibrate"

   similar: bass, deep, grave, throaty
   related: boomy, tubby, gruff, hoarse, husky, rough, smoky
   opposite: acute, high, high-pitched, piping, sharp, shrill, treble
   near: squeaking, squeaky, squealing, thin, earsplitting, penetrating, piercing, strident, peeping, tinny

6. having relatively little height

   "the low hedge surrounding the garden wasn't meant to keep anything out, just to look pretty"

   similar: little, low-lying, low-slung, sawed-off, short
   related: dwarf, dwarfish, compact, petite, slight, diminutive, half-pint, pint-size, pocket, pocket-size, pygmy, small, smallish, bantam, bitty, dinky, mini, miniature, minimized, minute, puny, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, undersized, wee, dumpy, flat, scrubby, squat, squatty, stubby, stumpy, stunted
   opposite: altitudinous, high, lofty, tall, towering
   near: elevated, lifted, raised, uplifted, upswept, high-rise, statuesque, gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy, big, bulky, hefty, hulking, large, largish, outsize, oversize, sizable, voluminous

7. lacking bodily strength

   "the weeklong bout of chicken pox laid her low"

   similar: asthenic, debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, languid, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, slight, soft, softened, tender, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpish, wimpy
   related: disabled, incapacitated, invalid, paralyzed, broken-down, decrepit, impotent, powerless, breakable, flimsy, fragile, dizzy, groggy, rocky, unsteady, woozy, drained, exhausted, flagging, tired, weary, worn-out, damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, unsound, resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding
   opposite: mighty, powerful, rugged, stalwart, stout, strong
   near: able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, fit, husky, muscular, sinewy, strapping, virile, hard, hardy, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy, tough, fortified, hardened, inured, strengthened, toughened, energetic, energized, invigorated, vigorous, vitalized, hale, healthy, sound, capable, competent, convalescing, recovering, recuperating

8. lacking in refinement or good taste

   "jokes about toilets are generally considered low humor"

   similar: coarse, common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, illiberal (archaic), incult, insensible, lowbred, lowbrow, raffish, rough, rough-hewn, roughneck, rude, rugged, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar
   related: boorish, churlish, cloddish, clownish, loutish, ungentlemanly, clumsy, lubberly, lumpish, oafish, inconsiderate, indelicate, insensitive, thoughtless, countrified, provincial, rustic, unsophisticated, graceless, inelegant, tacky, animallike, barbaric, barbarous, uncivilized, mannerless, unmannered, unmannerly
   opposite: civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, smooth, tasteful, ultrarefined, well-bred
   near: aristocratic, courtly, patrician, elegant, graceful, restrained, considerate, gracious, sensitive, thoughtful, citified, sophisticated, urbane

9. not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency

   "low tactics of that sort will not be tolerated on this hockey team"

   similar: base, contemptible, currish, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, execrable, ignoble, ignominious, low-down, low-minded, mean, nasty, paltry, snide, sordid, vile, wretched
   related: bad, evil, foul, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, wicked, wrong, cruel, vicious, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible, corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, perverted, atrocious, villainous, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, discreditable, disgraceful, disreputable, shameful, unworthy
   opposite: high, high-minded, honorable, lofty, noble, straight, upright, venerable, virtuous
   near: ethical, honest, just, principled, righteous, right-minded, scrupulous, commendable, excellent, exemplary, good, moral, right, decent, proper, reputable, respectable, seemly, blameless, guiltless, incorruptible, irreproachable, uncorrupted, unerring

10. not loud in pitch or volume

    "murmured her answer in a low voice"

    similar: dull, gentle, quiet, soft
    related: dead, silent, still, calm, dreamy, hushed, peaceful, restful, serene, soothing, stilly, tranquil, muffled, muted, softened, toned (down)
    opposite: blaring, blasting, booming, clamorous, clangorous, deafening, earsplitting, loud, overloud, piercing, plangent, resounding, ringing, roaring, sonorous, stentorian, thundering, thunderous
    near: brazen, crashing, dinning, discordant, noisy, obstreperous, raucous, rip-roaring, vociferous, grating, harsh, shrill, squealing, strident, clarion, clear, trumpetlike

11. costing little

    "gas is low right now, but prices will inevitably rise this summer, when people start driving more"

    similar: affordable, bargain-basement, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo, chintzy, cut-price (chiefly British), cut-rate, dime-store, dirt cheap, el cheapo, inexpensive, low-end, popular, reasonable
    related: cheapish, moderate, discount, discounted, fire-sale, lowered, reduced, wholesale, valueless, worthless, supercheap, ultracheap
    opposite: costly, dear, deluxe, expensive, high, high-ticket, precious, premium, pricey, spendy (chiefly Northwest), valuable
    near: increased, inflated, exorbitant, extravagant, overpriced, prohibitive, prohibitory, steep, stiff, superexpensive, ultraexpensive, unreasonable, invaluable, priceless, luxurious

12. of, relating to, or located at the bottom

    "currently enjoys a low standing in the polls"

    similar: bottom, bottommost, lowermost, nethermost, rock-bottom, undermost
    related: below, lower, low-grade, lowly, nether, under, lowered, low-lying, sunken
    opposite: highest, loftiest, top, topmost, upmost, uppermost
    near: higher, loftier, upper, elevated, escalated, heightened, jacked (up), lifted, raised, uplifted, upraised

13. not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need

    "levels for school volunteers remain low, at least compared to what was expected"

    similar: deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, scarce, short, shy, wanting
    related: substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, hand-to-mouth, lean, light, meager, poor, scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy, bare, mere, minimum, slight, small
    opposite: adequate, enough, sufficient
    near: abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenitudinous, enlarged, expanded, supplemented, abounding, overflowing, teeming, satisfactory, tolerable, lavish, luxuriant, rich, big, considerable, hefty, jumbo, king-size, large, largish, oversize, sizable, substantial, super

14. no longer living

    "thousands of the elderly were laid low by the deadly strain of flu"

    similar: asleep, breathless, cold, dead, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, fallen, gone, late, lifeless, bitten the dust
    related: extinct, dying, fading, moribund, stillborn, finished, lapsed, terminated, inanimate, insensate, nonliving
    opposite: alive, animate, breathing, going, live, living, quick
    near: animated, dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vital, vivacious, active, functioning, operative, running