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bottom

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of BOTTOM

of, relating to, or located at the bottom <was sitting on the bottom step of the stairway>

Synonyms bottommost, low, lowermost, nethermost, rock-bottom, undermost

Related Words below, lower, low-grade, lowly, nether, under; lowered, low-lying, sunken

Near Antonyms higher, loftier, upper; elevated, escalated, heightened, jacked (up), lifted, raised, uplifted, upraised

Antonyms highest, loftiest, top, topmost, upmost, uppermost

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