Synonyms of the word

lowly

• adj. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
• adj. Low in rank or social importance.
• adj. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
• adj. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
• adv. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
• adv. In a low condition; meanly.

base

• n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
• n. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
• n. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
• n. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
• n. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
• n. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
• n. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
• n. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus…
• n. Important areas in games and sports.
• n. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
• n. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
• n. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
• n. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
• n. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid…
• n. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
• n. (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
• n. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
• n. (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
• n. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
• n. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
• n. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that…
• n. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
• n. (music) Dated form of bass.
• n. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
• n. (archaic) The housing of a horse.
• n. (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour)…
• n. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
• n. (obsolete) An apron.
• n. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from…
• v. (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
• v. (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
• v. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
• adj. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
• adj. Low in place or position.
• adj. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
• adj. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
• adj. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
• adj. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
• adj. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
• adj. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
• adj. (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
• adj. Not classical or correct.
• adj. Obsolete form of bass.
• adj. (law) Not held by honourable service.
• n. (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
• acr. Alternative form of BASE.

baseborn

• adj. bastard, illegitimate.
• adj. Of lowly birth.

humble

• adj. not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
• adj. Thinking lowly of oneself; claiming little for oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
• v. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
• v. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of;…
• adj. hornless.

inferior

• adj. of lower quality.
• adj. of lower rank.
• adj. located below.
• adj. (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below…
• adj. (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
• adj. (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
• adj. (astronomy) Below the horizon.
• n. a person of lower stature to another.

junior

• adj. (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
• adj. (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
• adj. (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
• adj. (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh…
• n. A younger person.
• n. A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun…
• n. (chiefly US) A third-year student at a high school or university.

low

• adj. In a position comparatively close to the ground.
• adj. Small in height.
• adj. Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
• adj. Depressed, sad.
• adj. Not high in amount or quantity.
• adj. Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
• adj. Quiet; soft; not loud.
• adj. Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
• adj. Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
• adj. Being near the equator.
• adj. Humble in character or status.
• adj. Simple in complexity or development.
• adj. Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear.
• adj. Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
• adj. (phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
• adj. (archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
• n. Something that is low; a low point.
• n. A depressed mood or situation.
• n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
• n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
• n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
• n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
• adv. Close to the ground.
• adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
• adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
• adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
• adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
• adv. In a time approaching our own.
• adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
• v. obsolete simple past tense of laugh.
• v. (intransitive) To moo.
• n. (countable, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
• v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
• n. (archaic or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
• n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.

lowborn

• adj. Alternative spelling of low-born.

menial

• adj. Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
• adj. Of or relating to unskilled work.
• adj. Servile; low; mean.
• n. A servant, especially a domestic servant.
• n. A person who has a subservient nature.

modest

• adj. Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
• adj. Small, moderate in size.
• adj. (especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.

petty

• adj. (obsolete except in set phrases) Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
• adj. Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
• adj. Narrow-minded, small-minded.
• n. (usually in the plural, obsolete) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.
• n. (now historical) A class or school for young schoolboys.
• n. (dialect, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

secondary

• adj. Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
• adj. Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
• adj. (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic…
• adj. (geology) produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass.
• adj. (geology) developed by pressure or other causes.
• adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
• adj. (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
• adj. Of less than primary importance.
• adj. (education) related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of 11 and 18.
• adj. (manufacturing) relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
• adj. (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
• n. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
• n. (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
• n. (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
• n. (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or…
• n. One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
• n. (astronomy) A secondary circle.
• n. (astronomy) A satellite.
• n. Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.

small

• adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
• adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
• adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
• adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
• adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
• adv. In a small fashion.
• adv. In or into small pieces.
• adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
• n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
• v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

subaltern

• adj. Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer,…
• adj. (logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
• n. A subordinate.
• n. (Britain) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
• n. (logic) A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows…
• n. (social sciences) A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the…

subordinate

• adj. Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
• adj. Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.
• adj. (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause.
• n. (countable) One who is subordinate.
• v. (transitive) To make subservient.
• v. (transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.
• v. (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.

unskilled

• adj. Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
• adj. Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
• adj. Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.