The antonyms for the phrase "was above" are "was below," "was under," "was beneath," "was low," "was inferior," and "was subordinate." These terms imply that something or someone is in a lower position or critically weaker than others. For example, if a person is "under" a boss or "below" their supervisor, it means they have a lower rank or position. In contrast, being "above" someone means that the person or thing is superior, excellent, or better. The antonyms can be used to describe a hierarchy, status, or position in various contexts, including business, job opportunities, and personal relationships.

What are the antonyms for Was above?

• v.

  • scorn
  • accept
  ,
  • admire
  ,
  • allow
  ,
  • approve
  ,
  • cherish
  ,
  • compliment
  ,
  • esteem
  ,
  • flatter
  ,
  • like
  ,
  • love
  ,
  • note
  ,
  • pay attention
  ,
  • praise
  ,
  • ratify
  ,
  • regard
  ,
  • respect
  ,
  • sanction
  .
  • tower
  • decline
  ,
  • descend
  ,
  • drop
  ,
  • fail
  ,
  • fall
  ,
  • fall behind
  ,
  • follow
  ,
  • lose
  ,
  • lower
  ,
  • surrender
  ,
  • yield
  .

Famous quotes with Was above

• Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.

  Michael Caine
• After the horse dance was over, it seemed that I was above the ground and did not touch it when I walked.

  Black Elk
• One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor.

  Edvard Munch
• Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments.

  Ludwig Quidde
• but he was above all the true founder of that terrible civic proletariat flattered and paid by the classes above it, which was through it aggregation in the capital - the natural consequence of the largesses of corn - at once utterly demoralized and made conscious of its power, and which - with its pretensions, sometimes stupid, sometimes knavish, and its talk of the sovereignty of the people - lay like an incubus for five hundred years upon the Roman commonwealth and only perished along with it.

  Theodor Mommsen

Synonyms:

brightness, brilliance, brio, briskness, cachet, cheerfulness, chic, colour, dynamism, eagerness.