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lean

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lean

having a noticeably small amount of body fat

  • all of the marathoners are extremely lean
Synonyms of lean

bony (also boney), fatless, lithe, skinny, slender, slim, spare, svelte, thin
Words Related to lean

clean-limbed, trim

sylphlike, willowy

angular, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, wiry

lank, lanky, rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy

anorectic (also anoretic), anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, wizened

meager (or meagre), puny, slight
Near Antonyms of lean

beefy, bulky, chunky, fleshy, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty

brawny, burly, husky

dumpy, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stubby

paunchy, potbellied

flabby, soft

buxom, zaftig (also zoftig)

full, hippy, round
Antonyms of lean

chubby, corpulent, fat, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, tubby

Synonym Discussion of lean

lean, spare, lank, lanky, gaunt, rawboned, scrawny, skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh. lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours.
    • a lean racehorse
spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise.
    • the gymnast's spare figure
lank implies tallness as well as leanness.
    • the lank legs of the heron
lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness.
    • a lanky youth, all arms and legs
gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering.
    • a prisoner's gaunt face
rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment.
    • a rawboned farmer
scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality.
    • a scrawny chicken
    • skinny street urchins

lean

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lean

the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon

  • the wall has enough of a lean that we can't set a bookcase against it
Synonyms of lean

cant, diagonal, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, pitch, rake, slant, slope, upgrade
Words Related to lean

ascent, bank, climb, rise
Near Antonyms of lean

declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, fall, hang, hanging, receding

lean

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lean

1 to set or cause to be at an angle

  • just lean the ladder against the tree and climb up it
Synonyms of lean

angle, cant, cock, heel, incline, list, pitch, slant, slope, tilt, tip
Words Related to lean

bank

bend, deviate, swerve, veer

decline, descend, recline, retreat
Near Antonyms of lean

even, flatten, level, straighten

2 to show a liking or proneness (for something)

  • the family's diet leans toward greasy food
Synonyms of lean

incline, run, tend, trend
Words Related to lean

go, gravitate

indicate, point, suggest
Near Antonyms of lean

avoid, shun, shy (from or away from)

3 to place reliance or trust

  • you can always lean on me if you need help
Synonyms of lean

calculate, count, depend, reckon, rely
Words Related to lean

commit, confide, entrust (also intrust), trust
Phrases Synonymous with lean

bank on, call on (or upon), figure on, look to, stand on
Near Antonyms of lean

distrust, mistrust, question, suspect

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