Alternate and Lower

Alternate

Alternate adjective - Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.

Lower and alternate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lower" instead an adjective "Alternate".

Lower

Lower adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.

Alternate and lower are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternate" instead an adjective "Lower".

Nearby Words: lowered, lowering, lowermost, lowercase

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

hands alternate hands lower hands
walls alternate walls lower walls

Both words in one sentence

  • Franchise / Silent Hill Alien Geometries: Common in the lower levels of the Dark World, like the Historical Society, Labyrinth, and the alternate Hotel at the end of SH2.
  • Literature / Rough Draft The Multiverse: Most lower-level functionals think that there are only a few dozen alternate worlds linked by towers.
  • Blue Blood Wrede's Mairelon the Magician and The Magician's Ward — also set in an alternate Regency England, although the main character comes from a much lower social stratum.
    Source: Blue Blood
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Lower and Alternate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/alternate/lower
Alternate & Lower. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/alternate/lower>.
Lower or Alternate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/alternate/lower.
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