Don't lean against the wall.
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Lean
//liːn//
Synonyms for "lean" (327 found)
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Closest matches (66)
Strong matches (98)
Adjective(14 words)
dipdirectdisposedivertdropdrydulldwarfeddwarfishemaciatedendangerexiguousfallfall awayfall offfavorflatflat-chestedfleshlessfrank
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frightenfrugalganglingganglygauntgawkygogo along withgo downhillgo uphillgradegradientgravitatehaggardhardhave a tendencyheadheelhomelyhomespunimperilimpoverishedinclinationinclineindigentinfertileintimidatejejunekeellanklankyleadlean onlean towardslean-fleshedlean-lookingleaningleaning towerlentenlimitedlooklook kindly uponlook tomatter-of-factmeagermeagremeanmenacemiserlynarrownaturalneatnecessitousneedyniggardlynot hesitate
Noun(4 words)
Related words (163)
not hesitate toopenpaltryparsimoniouspenuriouspinchedpitchpithyplainplain spokenplain-speakingplain-spokenplungeplunge intopointpoint topoorpoverty-strickenprecipitateprefer
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pressurepropprosaicprosingprosypunypurepurple drankrakerangyrarefiedrawbonedreclineredound torely onretreatrightfulriserusticscantscantyscarescraggyscrawnyscrimpscrimpyseesawservesetset towardsettleseveresheershelveshow a tendencyshrunkensidlesimplesimple-speakingsinksizzurpskeletalskimpskinnyslantslenderslightslimslopeslouchsmallsobersparesparingsparsespartanspideryspindlingspindlystarkstarvationstingystintedstraightforwardstraitenedstuntedsubsidesubsistenceswagswayswingtend to goterrifyterrorizetersethin-belliedthin-fleshedthreatentiptower of pisatrendtrust inturntwiggyunadornedunaffectedundersizedunderweightunfruitfulunimaginativeunnourishingunnutritiousunpoeticalunproductiveunprofitableunvarnisheduprisevergewarnwarpwastedwateredwaterywirywork towardwould as leavewould as lief
Adjective(24 words)
paltrypoorrangyraunchyscantscantlingscantyscarceskimpysleazysleekslightslimslinkysparesparsesvelteswacksylphlikethreadbare
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Noun(4 words)
Related word relations
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More general
13 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
distinct from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
3 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
similar
63 entriesShowing 16 of 63 words.
Translations
274 translations across 59 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἰσχνός adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- κλίνομαι verb (to incline)
Arabic
4 entries- نحيف adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- اِتَّكَأَ verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
- اِسْتَنَدَ verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
- مَالَ verb (to incline)
Armenian
3 entries- հակվել verb (to hang outwards)
- հենվել verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
- հենվել verb (to press against)
Assamese
4 entries- আঁউজা verb (to incline)
- কাতি হোৱা verb (to incline)
- ঢলা verb (to incline)
- হলা verb (to incline)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- söykənmək verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
- söykənmək verb (to press against)
Bashkir
3 entries- ябыҡ adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- ябыҡ adj (of meat, having little fat)
- һум adj (of meat, having little fat)
Bhojpuri
2 entries- छरहरा adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- ढुबला adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Bulgarian
4 entries- беден adj (having a low proportion of a desired substance)
- крехък adj (of meat, having little fat)
- мършав adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- слаб adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Catalan
4 entries- magre adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- magre adj (of meat, having little fat)
- magre adj (having little extra or little to spare)
- abocar verb (to hang outwards)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پاڵدانەوە verb (to press against)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᎴᏐᏓ adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 挨 verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 瘦 adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- 精瘦 adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- 倚 verb (to press against)
- 倚著 /倚着 verb (to press against)
Cornish
1 entries- kogh adj (of meat, having little fat)
Czech
1 entries- opřít verb (to press against)
Dutch
4 entries- karig adj (having little extra or little to spare)
- mager adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- mager adj (of meat, having little fat)
- slank adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Esperanto
2 entries- alkliniĝi verb (to incline)
- klini verb (to incline)
Finnish
4 entries- heikko adj (having a low proportion of a desired substance)
- hoikka adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- laiha adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- laiha adj (having a low proportion of a desired substance)
French
4 entries- maigre adj (of meat, having little fat)
- mince adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- pauvre adj (having a low proportion of a desired substance)
- serré adj (having little extra or little to spare)
Galician
4 entries- delgada adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- delgado adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- magra adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- magro adj (being slim, not fleshy)
German
4 entries- dürr adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- knapp adj (having little extra or little to spare)
- mager adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- mager adj (of meat, having little fat)
Hindi
2 entries- छरहरा adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- ढुबला adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Hungarian
3 entries- dől verb (to incline)
- dől verb (to press against)
- támaszkodik verb (to press against)
Indonesian
1 entries- menyandarkan verb (to hang outwards)
Italian
4 entries- asciutto adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- magra adj (having a low proportion of a desired substance)
- magro adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- magro adj (of meat, having little fat)
Japanese
4 entries- もたれる verb (to press against)
- 傾く verb (to hang outwards)
- 傾ける verb (to incline)
- 靠れる verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- magru adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- mógre adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Kaitag
2 entries- чибилса́на verb (to press against)
- чибирха́ра verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
Korean
3 entries- 기대다 verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
- 기울다 verb (to incline)
- 의지하다 verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
Latgalian
3 entries- koldons adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- kūds adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- poss adj (of meat, having little fat)
Latin
3 entries- macer adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- macer adj (of meat, having little fat)
- nītor verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
Latvian
2 entries- kalsns adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- liess adj (of meat, having little fat)
Lushootseed
1 entries- ʔili verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
Mansaka
1 entries- sanday verb (to incline)
Maranao
1 entries- sanday verb (to incline)
Māori
4 entries- hinuiti adj (of meat, having little fat)
- hīoi adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- hīroki adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- hōkaka adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Norwegian
3 entries- mager adj (of meat, having little fat)
- mager adj (having a low proportion of a desired substance)
- slank adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- lene verb (to hang outwards)
- lene verb (to press against)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- bikke verb (to press against)
- lene verb (to hang outwards)
Occitan
4 entries- estrech adj (having little extra or little to spare)
- linge adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- magre adj (of meat, having little fat)
- magre adj (having little extra or little to spare)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اكمك verb (to incline)
Persian
1 entries- لمیدن verb (to press against)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- denn adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Polish
4 entries- nachylać się verb (to incline)
- nachylić się verb (to incline)
- opierać się verb (to press against)
- oprzeć się verb (to press against)
Portuguese
4 entries- esbelto adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- magro adj (of meat, having little fat)
- apoiar-se verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
- apoiar-se verb (to press against)
Romanian
4 entries- slab adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- slab macru adj (of meat, having little fat)
- subțire adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- inclina verb (to hang outwards)
Russian
4 entries- бе́дный adj (having little extra or little to spare)
- обеднённый adj (having a low proportion of a desired substance)
- по́стный adj (of meat, having little fat)
- поджа́рый adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Sanskrit
1 entries- श्रयति verb (to rest or rely upon for support)
Slovene
2 entries- nasloniti se verb (to press against)
- viseti verb (to hang outwards)
Spanish
4 entries- ajustado adj (having little extra or little to spare)
- delgado adj (having a low proportion of a desired substance)
- estrecho adj (having little extra or little to spare)
- magro adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Swedish
4 entries- mager adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- mager adj (of meat, having little fat)
- smal adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- luta verb (to incline)
Tamil
4 entries- ஒல்லி adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- அழுத்து verb (to press against)
- சாய் verb (to incline)
- சாய் verb (to hang outwards)
Turkish
4 entries- az yağlı adj (of meat, having little fat)
- ince adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- kıt adj (having little extra or little to spare)
- yağsız adj (of meat, having little fat)
Ukrainian
4 entries- худи́й adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- нахиля́тися verb (to hang outwards)
- опира́тися verb (to press against)
- притуля́тися verb (to press against)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئەتسىز adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- گۆشسىز adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Uzbek
2 entries- kambag'al adj (having little extra or little to spare)
- ozg'in adj (being slim, not fleshy)
Walloon
2 entries- maigue adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- maigue adj (of meat, having little fat)
Zazaki
4 entries- bari (diq) adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- barı (diq) adj (being slim, not fleshy)
- bêruwen adj (of meat, having little fat)
- qor sg or adj (being slim, not fleshy)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ǃgàa verb (to press against)
Sample sentences
38 total sentences available.
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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