Below

//bɪˈlaː//

Synonyms for "below" (75 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

under beneath downstairs downstream downwards underneath adown after at a disadvantage at lower place at the nadir behind

Preposition(2 words)

beneath under

Adverb(1 words)

at a lower place

Strong matches (23)

below deck below par below the mark belowstairs beneath the sky compartment down down below down south downgrade downhill downline downright downstreet downtown downward

Adverb(3 words)

beneath downstairs downwards

Adverb(3 words)

beneath down the stairs downstairs

Preposition(1 words)

downstream

Related words (37)

downwith following hellishly here here below in hell in hellfire in the gutter in the world infernally infra least least of all less minus neath next on earth on lower floor short of

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since subordinate subordinate to subsequent to unbefitting under heaven under par under the stars under the sun underfoot

Adverb(4 words)

infra on a lower floor to a lower place under

Adverb(2 words)

under underneath

Preposition(1 words)

underneath

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

7 entries

above aloft over upstairs upstream upwards

Synonyms

8 entries

at lower place beneath downstairs downstream downwards on lower floor under underneath

derived

37 entries

Tribeca bag below one's eye bag below the eye below average below decks below ground below par below stairs below the belt below the breadline below the fold below the gangway below the law below the line below the mahogany

Showing 16 of 37 words.

distinct from

5 entries

above direction on over under

has context

2 entries

nautical stage directions

related to

26 entries

above beneath bottom concentration deck dignity direction down down under downstage downstream like like beneath lower position preposition

Showing 16 of 26 words.

Translations

215 translations across 66 languages.

Aklanon

1 entries

ubos adv (in a lower place)

Albanian

1 entries

nën prep (lower in spatial position than)

Arabic

4 entries

أقل prep (lower in value than)
أَقَل prep (lower in value than)
تحت prep (lower in spatial position than)
تَحْتَ prep (lower in spatial position than)

Armenian

4 entries

ցած adv (in a lower place)
ցած adv (on a lower storey)
ցած adv (farther down)
ցած adv (of a temperature: below zero)

Aromanian

1 entries

dighios prep (lower in spatial position than)

Bakhtiari

1 entries

زیر prep (lower in spatial position than)

Bulgarian

4 entries

надолу adv (farther down)
отдолу adv (in a lower place)
отдолу adv (on a lower storey)
под prep (lower in spatial position than)

Burmese

1 entries

အောက် prep (lower in spatial position than)

Catalan

4 entries

ensota adv (farther down)
sota adv (in a lower place)
sota adv (of a temperature: below zero)
sota prep (lower in spatial position than)

Cebuano

1 entries

ubos adv (in a lower place)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

بن prep (lower in spatial position than)
خوارەوە prep (lower in spatial position than)
ژێر prep (lower in spatial position than)

Chichewa

1 entries

pansi adv (in a lower place)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

在...下面 prep (lower in spatial position than)
在...之下 prep (lower in spatial position than)

Czech

3 entries

pod prep (lower in spatial position than)
pod prep (lower in value than)
pod prep (unsuitable to the rank or dignity of)

Danish

1 entries

under prep (lower in spatial position than)

Dutch

3 entries

beneden adv (in a lower place)
onder prep (lower in spatial position than)
onder prep (lower in value than)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

系...下底 prep (lower in spatial position than)

Esperanto

4 entries

malsupre adv (in a lower place)
flupost prep (downstream of)
malpli ol prep (lower in value than)
sub prep (lower in spatial position than)

Estonian

4 entries

all adv (farther down)
allkorrusel adv (on a lower storey)
allpool adv (in a lower place)
alla prep (lower in value than)

Faroese

1 entries

sunnan fyri prep (south of)

Finnish

4 entries

alakerrassa adv (on a lower storey)
alapuolella adv (in a lower place)
alemmalla kannella adv (nautical: on a lower deck)
alempana adv (in a lower place)

French

4 entries

ci-dessous adv (farther down)
en bas adv (in a lower place)
en bas adv (on a lower storey)
en bas adv (nautical: on a lower deck)

German

4 entries

darunter adv (in a lower place)
unten adv (in a lower place)
unterhalb adv (in a lower place)
unter prep (lower in spatial position than)

Greek

4 entries

αποκάτω adv (on a lower storey)
κάτω adv (in a lower place)
μείον adv (of a temperature: below zero)
κάτω prep (lower in spatial position than)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

anba adv (in a lower place)

Hebrew

3 entries

לְהַלָּן prep (lower in spatial position than)
מתחת prep (lower in spatial position than)
מתחת prep (lower in value than)

Hindi

1 entries

नीचे adv (in a lower place)

Hungarian

3 entries

lent adv (in a lower place)
alatt prep (lower in spatial position than)
alatt prep (lower in value than)

Ido

1 entries

sub prep (lower in spatial position than)

Irish

4 entries

laistíos adv (in a lower place)
thíos adv (in a lower place)
faoi prep (lower in spatial position than)
laistíos de prep (lower in spatial position than)

Italian

3 entries

sotto adv (in a lower place)
sotto zero adv (of a temperature: below zero)
sotto prep (lower in spatial position than)

Japanese

1 entries

...の下に prep (lower in spatial position than)

Javanese

1 entries

ngisor adv (in a lower place)

Khalaj

2 entries

asra prep (lower in spatial position than)
ast prep (lower in spatial position than)

Korean

1 entries

...밑에 prep (lower in spatial position than)

Latgalian

1 entries

zam prep (lower in spatial position than)

Latin

3 entries

infrā adv (in a lower place)
infra prep (lower in spatial position than)
subtus prep (lower in spatial position than)

Latvian

1 entries

zem prep (lower in spatial position than)

Lombard

1 entries

sott adv (in a lower place)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

dołojce adv (in a lower place)

Macedonian

4 entries

под adv (of a temperature: below zero)
подолу adv (farther down)
под prep (lower in spatial position than)
под prep (lower in value than)

Malay

1 entries

bawah prep (lower in spatial position than)

Mansaka

1 entries

baba adv (in a lower place)

Marathi

2 entries

खाली adv (in a lower place)
च्या खाली prep (lower in spatial position than)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries

anba adv (in a lower place)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

آشاغی adv (in a lower place)
آشاغی adv (on a lower storey)
آشاغی adv (farther down)

Polish

3 entries

poniżej adv (later in the same text)
pod prep (lower in spatial position than)
poniżej prep (lower in spatial position than)

Portuguese

4 entries

abaixo adv (farther down)
em baixo adv (in a lower place)
embaixo adv (in a lower place)
a jusante de prep (downstream of)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਥੱਲੇ adv (in a lower place)
ਹੇਠ adv (in a lower place)

Romanian

2 entries

dedesubt prep (lower in spatial position than)
sub prep (lower in spatial position than)

Russian

4 entries

внизу́ adv (in a lower place)
ми́нус adv (of a temperature: below zero)
ни́же adv (in a lower place)
ни́же adv (on a lower storey)

Scots

4 entries

aneath prep (lower in spatial position than)
aneath prep (lower in value than)
aneath prep (downstream of)
aneath prep (south of)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

fo prep (lower in spatial position than)
fo prep (lower in value than)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ispod prep (lower in spatial position than)
pod prep (lower in spatial position than)

Slovak

4 entries

nižšie adv (in a lower place)
nižšie adv (on a lower storey)
nižšie adv (farther down)
pod prep (lower in spatial position than)

Spanish

4 entries

a continuación adv (later in the same text)
abajo adv (in a lower place)
bajo cero adv (of a temperature: below zero)
más abajo adv (later in the same text)

Swahili

1 entries

chini adv (in a lower place)

Swedish

4 entries

inunder adv (on a lower storey)
minus adv (of a temperature: below zero)
nedan adv (in a lower place)
nedanför adv (farther down)

Tibetan

1 entries

འོག་ལ prep (lower in spatial position than)

Tocharian B

1 entries

ñor prep (lower in spatial position than)

Tumbuka

1 entries

pasi adv (in a lower place)

Ukrainian

3 entries

нижче prep (lower in value than)
південніше prep (south of)
під prep (lower in spatial position than)

Urdu

1 entries

نیچے adv (in a lower place)

Uzbek

1 entries

pastida prep (lower in spatial position than)

Welsh

1 entries

isod adv (in a lower place)

Yiddish

1 entries

אונטן adv (in a lower place)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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Your marks were well below average this term.

Source: tatoeba (17019)

Your work is below average.

Source: tatoeba (17122)

There is a hut below the bridge.

Source: tatoeba (18992)

The temperature has been below freezing for several days.

Source: tatoeba (20348)

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