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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. lean

    To tilt or tip is to throw out of a horizontal position by raising one side or end or lowering the other; the words are closely similar, but tilt suggests more of fluctuation or instability. Slant and slope are said of things somewhat fixed or permanent in a position out of the horizontal or perpendicular; the roof slants, the hill slopes. Incline is a more formal word for tip, and also for slant or slope. To cant is to set slantingly; in many cases tip and cant might be interchanged, but tip is more temporary, often momentary; one tips a pail so that the water flows over the edge; a mechanic cants a table by making or setting one side higher than the other. A vessel careens in the wind; lists, usually, from shifting of cargo, from water in the hold, etc. Careening is always toward one side or the other; listing may be forward or astern as well. To heel over is the same as to careen, and must be distinguished from "keel over," which is to capsize.

    Synonyms:
    cant, careen, dip, heel over, incline, list, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. leanverb

    Antonyms:
    stabilitate, erect, re-erect, raise, rise, straighten

    Synonyms:
    incline, rest, support, tend, bend, depend, hang, repose, confide, slope

  2. leanadjective

    Antonyms:
    fat, brawny, plump, well-conditioned

    Synonyms:
    meagre, lank, tabid, emaciated, shrivelled, bony, thin, scraggy, skinny, slender, scanty

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaningadjective

    the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

    "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"

    Antonyms:
    profitable, sufficient, rich

    Synonyms:
    rock, disceptation, list, magnetic dip, careen, magnetic inclination, angle of dip, sway, leaning, contention, tilt, argument, joust, inclination, controversy, inclination of an orbit, disputation, propensity, contestation, arguing, disposition, tendency, inclining, angle of inclination, proclivity, dip, listing

  2. thin, leanadjective

    lacking excess flesh

    "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

    Antonyms:
    rich, sufficient, profitable

    Synonyms:
    slender, sparse, slight, tenuous, fragile, thin, flimsy, skimpy

  3. leanadjective

    lacking in mineral content or combustible material

    "lean ore"; "lean fuel"

    Antonyms:
    rich, profitable, sufficient

    Synonyms:
    skimpy, thin

  4. lean, skimpyadjective

    containing little excess

    "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

    Antonyms:
    sufficient, rich, profitable

    Synonyms:
    skimpy, thin

  5. leanverb

    not profitable or prosperous

    "a lean year"

    Antonyms:
    rich, sufficient, profitable

    Synonyms:
    skimpy, thin

  6. lean, tilt, tip, slant, angleverb

    to incline or bend from a vertical position

    "She leaned over the banister"

    Antonyms:
    sufficient, rich, profitable

    Synonyms:
    pitch, topple, run, be given, list, careen, fish, wobble, tiptoe, tip, tip off, fee, tap, shift, tilt, tippytoe, bung, cant over, tumble, incline, cant, angle, slant, weight, tend

  7. leanverb

    cause to lean or incline

    "He leaned his rifle against the wall"

    Antonyms:
    sufficient, rich, profitable

    Synonyms:
    slant, run, list, angle, tend, be given, incline, tip, tilt

  8. tend, be given, lean, incline, runverb

    have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

    "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"

    Antonyms:
    profitable, rich, sufficient

    Synonyms:
    course, operate, list, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, move, turn tail, range, run, tilt, function, lead, lam, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, prevail, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, play, die hard, race, pass, pitch, escape, dispose, black market, persist, incline, ladder, draw, hightail it, be given, slope, campaign, angle, tend, run away, ply, guide, melt, tip, slant, run for

  9. leanverb

    rely on for support

    "We can lean on this man"

    Antonyms:
    rich, sufficient, profitable

    Synonyms:
    slant, run, list, angle, tend, be given, incline, tip, tilt

  10. list, leanverb

    cause to lean to the side

    "Erosion listed the old tree"

    Antonyms:
    rich, sufficient, profitable

    Synonyms:
    slant, run, list, heel, incline, name, tend, number, angle, tip, be given, tilt

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. leanadjective

    Synonyms:
    thin, lank, spare, meager, poor, skinny, gaunt, emaciated, marcid, angular, slender, scant, bare

  2. leanverb

    Synonyms:
    incline, slope, recline, tend, rely, depend, careen

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lean

    Synonyms:
    MedspeakUK Lean philosophy, lean thinking

How to use lean in a sentence?

  1. Susanna Schrobsdorff:

    I don't think there's any one answer for every woman, but it's another piece of the equation that maybe having kids when your parents are a little younger, you will get some help and you'll be able to lean in more.

  2. Curtis Penix:

    When a large truck would come by, we had this little technique where we would lean (on their walking sticks) into the ditch and away from the road, just long enough for them to go by, and then we'd pop back out on the road.

  3. Pete Stavros:

    Explaining to people how lean transformations at a factory correspond to what happens to our cost of goods sold and our earnings and our stock price, that’s kind of the change in thinking you want to get people bought into.

  4. Cynthia Sass:

    There are numerous delicious combinations, including bruschetta, roasted red pepper pesto, or simply sautéing tomatoes in olive oil with garlic and herbs to toss with lean protein and a small portion of whole grain pasta.

  5. Eduardo Sanchez:

    The American Heart Association feels pretty solid about our recommendation that people should eat a diet that emphasizes vegetables, fruits, legumes -- which you know are beans and peanuts, nuts -- whole grains, lean protein and fish, then there are some things that we recommend that people minimize -- processed meats, refined carbohydrates and sugar-sweetened beverages. So a combination of more of the first list and much less of the second list we believe the evidence says constitutes a healthy heart diet.

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#2169rich
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#3551raise
#3614sufficient
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#10437profitable
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#32067straighten
#102036brawny

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