below

Questions about below

What does below mean?

below means "in or to a place that is lower". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in below?

below has 2 syllables: be-low. The stress falls on "low". In IPA it is /bɪˈloʊ/.

What is another word for below?

Close synonyms include at a lower place, to a lower place, beneath, infra, downstairs. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of below?

The recorded antonyms are above, above.

Is below a common word?

below is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with below?

17 words rhyme with below. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.