Mary is getting leaner and stronger.
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Leaner
Synonyms for "leaner" (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)
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Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Layla received a leaner sentence.
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Please take off your thick adjective glasses and start writing leaner prose.
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