6
underlying(adjective, lower, beneath)
5
inferior(adjective, lower, flat, low, importance)
5
low(adjective, close, inferior, short, insignificant)
5
lower(adjective, low, importance, inferior, insignificant)
5
nether(adjective, lower, low, importance, inferior)
5
under(adjective, lower, flat, low, importance)
4
down(adjective, adverb, lower, inferior, declining)
4
lesser(adjective, lower, flat, low, importance)
2
bottom(low, importance, inferior, minor, mediocre)
2
crouched(verb, lowness)
2
junior(adjective, lower, flat, low, importance)
2
minor(adjective, lower, flat, low, importance)
1
back seat(expression, lower, importance, mediocre, secondary)
1
bad(adjective, lower, mediocre, substandard)
1
beneath(adjective, lower, low-set, low-lying)
1
bottom-rung(lower, importance, mediocre, substandard, secondary)
1
bottommost(low-set, low-lying)
1
bottomward(adjective, inferior, depressed, declining, downward)
1
bush(low, inferior, minor, smaller, slighter)
1
bush-league(adjective, low, inferior, insignificant, minor)
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