nadir

The word “nadir” has 2 syllables: na-dir

It's pronounced as /ˈneɪ.dɪər/


What is synonym and antonym for nadir?

In the thesaurus, “nadir” has 24 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nadir along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for nadir

  • abyss
  • all-time low
  • armpit
  • base
  • basement
  • basis
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • bottom
  • depth
  • floor
  • foot
  • foundation
  • ground
  • groundwork
  • keystone
  • low point
  • pit
  • record low
  • rock bottom
  • seat
  • underpinning
  • zero
  • zero level

Antonyms for nadir

  • acme
  • apex
  • bloom
  • cap
  • ceiling
  • climax
  • crescendo
  • crest
  • crown
  • culmination
  • flood tide
  • flower
  • glory
  • head
  • height
  • heyday
  • high
  • high-water mark
  • meridian
  • peak
  • pinnacle
  • roof
  • summit
  • tip
  • tip-top
  • top
  • vertex
  • zenith

Meanings of nadir

  • noun
    1. The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
    2. The lowest point; time of greatest depression.
    3. The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.
    4. An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.
  • verb
    1. To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.

Example Sentences

  • The team's performance reached its nadir during the challenging match, leaving fans disappointed.
  • In the midst of the economic downturn, the company's profits hit a financial nadir.
  • The artist faced criticism when their latest work was considered the nadir of their creative output.
  • During the intense debate, the politician's credibility reached a nadir as controversial statements were made.
  • The relationship between the two friends experienced a difficult period, reaching its emotional nadir.

On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nadir, such as: abyss, acme, all-time low, apex, armpit, base, basement.

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Related Words

ebb

  • abasement
  • abate
  • abatement
  • alleviate
  • atrophy
  • backflow
  • break down
  • breakup
  • collapse
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • corrupt
  • crumble
  • crumbling
  • dark age
  • de-escalate
  • de-escalation
  • debasement
  • debilitate
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • decompose
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deflate
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degenerate
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • degrade
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depreciation
  • descend
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deteriorate
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • devolve
  • die down
  • die out
  • dilapidate
  • diminish
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disintegrate
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downsize
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • droop
  • drop
  • drop-off
  • dwindle
  • dwindling
  • ease
  • ease off
  • eclipse
  • evaporate
  • fade away
  • fading away
  • fail
  • fall
  • fall away
  • fall back
  • falloff
  • flag
  • flagging
  • flow back
  • give out
  • go out
  • go to pot
  • go to seed
  • going out
  • havoc
  • lag
  • languish
  • lessen
  • lessening
  • let up
  • loss
  • low tide
  • low water
  • lower
  • lowering
  • melt
  • moderate
  • molder
  • nadir
  • outward flow
  • pall
  • peter out
  • petering out
  • phase down
  • putrefy
  • recede
  • recession
  • reduce
  • reduction
  • refluence
  • reflux
  • regress
  • relax
  • relent
  • remit
  • retire
  • retreat
  • retrocede
  • retrocession
  • retroflux
  • retrograde
  • rot
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • run down
  • run to seed
  • sag
  • shrink
  • shrinkage
  • sink
  • sinking
  • slacken
  • slackening
  • slip
  • slump
  • sour
  • spoil
  • spoiling
  • subside
  • subsidence
  • sunset
  • sweep
  • taper
  • taper off
  • undermine
  • vanish
  • wane
  • waning
  • weaken
  • weakening
  • wilt
  • withdraw
  • withdrawal
  • worsen

zero

  • abyss
  • armpit
  • aught
  • bedrock
  • blank
  • bottom
  • cipher
  • depth
  • dwarf
  • figurehead
  • goose egg
  • half-pint
  • inferior
  • insect
  • insignificancy
  • least
  • lightweight
  • lowest point
  • mediocrity
  • morsel
  • nada
  • nadir
  • naught
  • nil
  • nix
  • no-name
  • nobody
  • noncelebrity
  • nonentity
  • nonperson
  • nothing
  • nought
  • nullity
  • number
  • o
  • oblivion
  • obscurity
  • oh
  • ought
  • pigmy
  • pip-squeak
  • pit
  • puppet
  • pygmy
  • rock bottom
  • scratch
  • shrimp
  • shutout
  • snippersnapper
  • twerp
  • void
  • whippersnapper
  • zilch
  • zip
  • zot

dark age

  • abasement
  • abatement
  • breakup
  • crumbling
  • de-escalation
  • debasement
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depreciation
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • drop
  • drop-off
  • ebb
  • eclipse
  • fall
  • falloff
  • havoc
  • lessening
  • loss
  • lowering
  • nadir
  • reduction
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sag
  • shrinkage
  • slip
  • slump
  • spoiling
  • sunset

eclipse

  • abasement
  • abatement
  • adumbrate
  • beat
  • becloud
  • bedim
  • best
  • better
  • blot out
  • breakup
  • clobber
  • cloud
  • concealment
  • conquer
  • crumbling
  • crush
  • dark age
  • darken
  • darkening
  • de-escalation
  • debasement
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • defeat
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depreciation
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • dim
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dimming
  • dip
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • drop
  • drop-off
  • drub
  • ebb
  • exceed
  • excel
  • extinction
  • extinguish
  • extinguishment
  • fall
  • falloff
  • go one better
  • havoc
  • lessening
  • lick
  • loss
  • lowering
  • master
  • murk
  • nadir
  • obliteration
  • obscuration
  • occultation
  • one-up
  • outbalance
  • outclass
  • outcompete
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outgun
  • outmatch
  • outpace
  • outperform
  • outrace
  • outrun
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • outweigh
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpass
  • overrun
  • overshadow
  • overtop
  • penumbra
  • reduction
  • rotting
  • rout
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • run circles around
  • run rings around
  • sag
  • shading
  • shadow
  • shame
  • shrinkage
  • shroud
  • skunk
  • slip
  • slump
  • spoiling
  • subdue
  • sunset
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • thrash
  • top
  • tower above
  • transcend
  • trim
  • trounce
  • trump
  • veil
  • wallop
  • whip
  • worst

fall

  • abasement
  • abate
  • abatement
  • alleviate
  • angle
  • arrive
  • back down
  • backslide
  • basin
  • be casualty
  • be destroyed
  • be killed
  • be lost
  • be precipitated
  • be taken
  • become
  • befall
  • belly flop
  • bend
  • bite the dust
  • bomb
  • bottom
  • bow
  • bow out
  • breach
  • break
  • break down
  • break the law
  • breakdown
  • breakup
  • buckle
  • burnout
  • buy it
  • buy the farm
  • cant
  • capitulate
  • capitulation
  • cascade
  • cataract
  • cave in
  • chance
  • check out
  • chute
  • cock
  • collapse
  • come about
  • come to pass
  • comedown
  • compress
  • concede
  • condense
  • constrict
  • consume
  • contract
  • crash
  • crater
  • croak
  • crumbling
  • crumple
  • curtailment
  • cut
  • cutback
  • dark age
  • de-escalate
  • de-escalation
  • death
  • debasement
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decease
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • declivity
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deduction
  • defeat
  • defer to
  • deflate
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • demise
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • dent
  • depart
  • depletion
  • depreciate
  • depreciation
  • depression
  • descend
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • die
  • diminish
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disappear
  • disappointment
  • disaster
  • disgrace
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • dive
  • down
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downhill
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • downward slope
  • drag
  • droop
  • drop
  • drop down
  • drop-off
  • dry up
  • dwindle
  • dwindling
  • ease
  • eat dirt
  • ebb
  • eclipse
  • end
  • err
  • evaporate
  • exit
  • expire
  • fade
  • fail
  • failure
  • fall away
  • fall from grace
  • fall to pieces
  • falling-off
  • falloff
  • falter
  • flag
  • flameout
  • flatline
  • flop
  • flume
  • flump
  • flunk
  • fold
  • fold up
  • forfeit
  • founder
  • free-fall
  • give in
  • give out
  • give up
  • give up the ghost
  • give way
  • go
  • go down
  • go under
  • gravitate
  • hand over
  • hang
  • hanging
  • havoc
  • header
  • heel
  • hit the dirt
  • hollow
  • humiliation
  • incline
  • infringe
  • keel
  • keel over
  • kick in
  • kick off
  • kick the bucket
  • knuckle under
  • land
  • lapse
  • lean
  • lessen
  • lessening
  • let up
  • lie down
  • list
  • lose
  • loss
  • lower
  • lowering
  • meltdown
  • mess up
  • miss
  • misstep
  • moderate
  • nadir
  • nose-dive
  • nosedive
  • obey
  • occur
  • offend
  • pall
  • part
  • pass away
  • pass into enemy hands
  • peg out
  • perish
  • phase down
  • pitch
  • plonk
  • plop
  • plummet
  • plummeting
  • plunge
  • plunk
  • pop off
  • pratfall
  • precipitate
  • predecease
  • recede
  • recession
  • recline
  • reduction
  • regress
  • relapse
  • relax
  • relent
  • relinquish
  • remit
  • resign
  • resignation
  • retreat
  • retrenchment
  • reversal
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sag
  • setback
  • settle
  • shoot
  • shortening
  • shrink
  • shrinkage
  • shute
  • sin
  • sink
  • sinking
  • skid
  • slacken
  • slant
  • slide
  • slip
  • slope
  • slump
  • snuff it
  • spill
  • spin
  • spoiling
  • step out
  • step-down
  • stray
  • strike out
  • stumble
  • submit
  • subside
  • subtraction
  • succumb
  • sunset
  • surrender
  • take a header
  • take place
  • take the count
  • tank
  • taper
  • taper off
  • throw
  • tilt
  • tip
  • tip over
  • topple
  • totter
  • trail
  • transgress
  • trespass
  • trip
  • tumble
  • undoing
  • vanish
  • violate
  • wander
  • wane
  • wash out
  • waterfall
  • weaken
  • white water
  • wipe out
  • yield

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