Lean

/liːn/

Synonyms for "lean" (376 found)

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Closest matches (76)

Noun(17 words)

tilt bankingbanking systemsbanks bend bending bendsbias influenced thinkingbias the resultsbias toward resultsbiaseschaotic orientedcrane cranes craning dearth depend

abstemious acquiesce agree angular angularity arid ascend ascetic austere bad bald bank bare barrenbe agreeable tobe dying tobe eagerbe gamebe open tobe ready

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be spoiling forbe willingbelieve inbendbend tobias bony candid cant careen climb collaborate common commonplace concession conduce consent contribute cooperatecount oncow curve decline deflectdepend ondescend destitute difficult dip

Verb(9 words)

angle bankedbe givencanted careened careening careens craned depended

Adjective(1 words)

delgado

Strong matches (112)

direct dispose divert drop dry dull dwarfed dwarfish emaciated endanger exiguous fallfall awayfall offfavor flat flat-chested fleshless frank frighten

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frugal gangling gangly gaunt gawky gogo along withgo downhillgo uphillgrade gradient gravitate haggard hardhave a tendencyhead heel homely homespun imperil impoverished inclination incline indigent infertile intimidate jejune keel lank lanky leadlean onlean towardslean-fleshed lean-looking leaningleaning towerlenten limited list lithe looklook kindly uponlook tomatter-of-factmeager meagre mean menace miserly narrow natural neat necessitous needy niggardlynot hesitatenot hesitate to

Noun(25 words)

drift economicaleconomical designefficientfat free meatfavorgerman dünnhard timesheels hunch hunches inclination incline inclines inclining keelinglatin inclinarelean fleshleaning list

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listslow fat meatlowering lurch lurches

Adjective(5 words)

economic change over timegaunter kurus lankest maigre

Verb(4 words)

gravitates incline list lurched

Related words (188)

open paltry parsimonious penurious pinched pitch pithy plainplain spokenplain-speaking plain-spoken plungeplunge intopointpoint topoor poverty-stricken precipitate prefer pressure

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prop prosaic prosing prosy puny pure rake rangy rarefied rawboned reclineredound torely onretreat rightful rise rustic scant scanty scare scraggy scrawny scrimp scrimpy seesaw serve setset towardsettle severe sheer shelveshow a tendencyshrunken sidle simple simple-speaking sink skeletal skimp skimpy skinny slant slender slight slim slope slouch small sober spare sparing sparse spartan spidery spindling spindly stark starvation stingy stinted straightforward straitened stunted subside subsistence swag sway swing tendtend to goterrify terrorize terse thin thin-bellied thin-fleshed threaten tilt tiptower of pisatrendtrust inturn twiggy unadorned unaffected undersized underweight unfruitful unimaginative unnourishing unnutritious unpoetical unproductive unvarnished uprise verge warn warp wasted watered watery wirywork towardwould as leavewould as lief

Noun(32 words)

policy status quo biaspreferprop against the wallrely rest resting scarcity shortage skew skinny slantslant rightslanting slants slender slim stooping stoops tendingtends toward

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the fewer the betterthin thrifty tilting tilts tippingtipping overtouch trim trust unbalancevineyard tending tasks

Verb(13 words)

propped run slant slimmed spartanized subsist tendtend the ecosystemtends thinned tilt tilted tip

Adjective(16 words)

scrawnier skimpy skinniest slanted slimmer slimmestsmall alterationstreamlined election systemstringier stringiest thin trending twiggier unfattened wirier wiriest

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

24 entries

appearance descriptorbe bendefficiency conceptflex lay meat movephysical attributeplace pose position preference protein

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More specific

25 entries

abutathletic buildbacking bend decide dependence favorlean beeflean budgetinglean fishlean manufacturinglean meatlean porklean proteinlean schedulinglean season

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Collocations

12 entries

forward leanlean beeflean bodylean budgetlean meatlean musclelean posturelean proteinlean stancelean timeslean yearsskinless chicken

Inflections

5 entries

leaned leaner leanest leaning leans

Derivations

4 entries

leaner leanest leanly leanness

Antonyms

1 entries

rich

similar

62 entries

anorectic anorexic boney bony cadaverous deep-eyed deficient ectomorphic emaciated gangling gangly gaunt haggard heel hollow-eyed insufficient

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Sample sentences

38 total sentences available.

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Don't lean against the wall.

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John is as lean as a wolf.

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If you want to avoid cholesterol, eat lean meat with no fat.

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Don't lean against this wall.

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