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low-lying

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of low-lying

having relatively little height

the low-lying hills blocked our view of the sea only a little bit

Synonyms of low-lying

little, low, low-slung, sawed-off, short

Words Related to low-lying

dwarf, dwarfish

compact, petite, slight

diminutive, half-pint, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), pygmy, small, smallish

bantam, bitty, dinky, mini, miniature, minimized, minute, puny, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, undersized (also undersize), wee

dumpy, flat, scrubby, squat, squatty, stubby, stumpy, stunted

Near Antonyms of low-lying

elevated, lifted, raised, uplifted, upswept

high-rise, statuesque

gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy

big, bulky, hefty, hulking, large, largish, outsize (also outsized), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), voluminous

Antonyms of low-lying

altitudinous, high, lofty, tall, towering

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