below synonyms

below

modif. and prep.

  1. Lower in position

    beneath, underneath, down from; see under 1.

  2. Lower in rank or importance

    inferior, subject to, lesser; see subordinate, under 2.

  3. In written work, farther along

    following, later, on a following page, infra, vide infra, v.i. (all Latin), in a statement to be made, hereinafter, subsequently.

    Antonyms earlier, above*, on a previous page.

  4. In a ship, on or to a lower deck

    between-decks, below-decks, in the hold, in steerage, in the engine room, below the waterline.

  5. On earth

    in this world, here below, under the sun, on the face of the earth, in mundane existence, in this period of earthly probation, in this our life, here.

  6. In hell

    in the underworld, with the fallen angels, in Pluto's realm, damned, condemned, in Inferno; see also damned 1.

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