Build and Lower

Build

Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.

Lower is an antonym for build in topics: develop, increase.

Nearby Words: built, building, buildup, builder

Lower

Lower verb - To go to a lower level especially abruptly.
Usage example: prices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased

Build is an antonym for lower.

Nearby Words: lowered, lowering, lowermost, lowercase

Common collocations

reputation build reputation lower reputation
center build center lower center
weapon build weapon lower weapon
bridge build bridge lower bridge
Other words: town, gun, defenses, weapons, guns, walls.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / The Battle for Middle-Earth Build a hidden gate on the upper right part of the lower level, and then build nothing but towers on the remaining lower slots.
  • Blog / Ask Twixie Genies You Are Fat: Trixie is the occasional butt of fat jokes, despite having an ethereal lower body and having exactly the same build as Twilight.
  • Bizarrchitecture: Due to the lower gravity closer to the axis, the buildings in Thistledown were build larger as they got taller - like a golf tee.
Cite this Source
Lower and Build. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/lower
Build & Lower. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/lower>.
Lower or Build. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/lower.
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