Lower
Lower verb - To diminish the price or value of.
Usage example: over time, inflation lowers incomes and savings in terms of actual buying power
Underestimate and lower are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Underestimate" instead a verb "Lower".
Underestimate
Underestimate verb - To place too low a value on.
Lower and underestimate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lower" instead a verb "Underestimate".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- discount and lower
- discount and underestimate
- disgrace and lower
- disgrace and underestimate
- debase and lower
- debase and underestimate
- lessen and lower
- lessen and underestimate
- diminish and lower
- diminish and underestimate
- reduce and lower
- reduce and underestimate
- depreciate and lower
- depreciate and underestimate
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Invoked in World of Warcraft, where consuming alcohol causes your character to underestimate the levels of enemy targets (the more you consume, the lower the targets' level looks).
Source: Alcohol-Induced Idiocy
Cite this Source
Underestimate and Lower. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lower/underestimate
Lower & Underestimate. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lower/underestimate>.
Underestimate or Lower. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lower/underestimate.
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