bow down

Questions about bow down

What does bow down mean?

bow down means "get into a prostrate position, as in submission". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bow down?

Close synonyms include prostrate, bow. 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.

Is bow down a common word?

bow down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.