nether

Meaning

Adj

1. Lower; under.
2. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

Adv

1. Down; downward.
2. Low; low down.

Verb

1. To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
2. To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
3. To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
4. To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
5. To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.

Noun

1. Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
2. A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

Synonyms

under

lower

inferior

down

low

chthonian

subaltern

chthonic

downwards

adown

below

downbound

beneath

down below

downstairs

infra

junior

subjacent

underlying

to the bottom

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɛð.ə/

Etymology

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.