Synonyms for leaner
lean·er

Princeton's WordNet

1. leanernoun

   (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake

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1. List of paraphrases for "leaner":

   slimmer, thinner, lighter

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1. Melissa Majumdar:

   A leaner person requires more water.

2. Rick Muncrief:

   We're a leaner organization than we were before the price crash.

3. Robert Hathaway:

   I think inevitably both because of fiscal pressures and because of the nature of the warfare in Afghanistan we are going to see, a few years down the road, a smaller, leaner sleeker Afghan army, whether or not it will be a more effective army, I think, remains to be seen, but it's going to be a very, very tough slog ahead.

4. Barack Obama:

   The time of deploying large numbers of ground forces with big military footprints to engage in nation-building overseas that's coming to an end, going forward, our military will be leaner.

5. Robert Hathaway:

   I think inevitably -- both because of fiscal pressures and because of the nature of the warfare in Afghanistan -- we are going to see, a few years down the road, a smaller, leaner sleeker Afghan army, whether or not it will be a more effective army, I think, remains to be seen, but it's going to be a very, very tough slog ahead.