Synonyms for leg
lɛgleg

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. legnoun

   a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

2. legnoun

   a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

3. legnoun

   one of the supports for a piece of furniture

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

4. branch, leg, ramificationnoun

   a part of a forked or branching shape

   "he broke off one of the branches"

   Synonyms:
   branching, stage, ramification, wooden leg, pegleg, peg, arm, offshoot, subdivision, forking, complication, outgrowth, fork, limb, offset, branch

5. legnoun

   the limb of an animal used for food

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

6. peg, wooden leg, leg, peglegnoun

   a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

   Synonyms:
   branch, stage, nog, pegleg, stick, oarlock, pin, ramification, rowlock, tholepin, wooden leg, peg, thole

7. legnoun

   a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

8. legnoun

   (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

9. stage, legnoun

   a section or portion of a journey or course

   "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

   Synonyms:
   branch, stage, level, pegleg, peg, stagecoach, degree, point, ramification, wooden leg, phase, microscope stage

Matched Categories

1. • Cloth Covering
   • Cut
   • Distance
   • Limb
   • Navigation
   • Prosthesis
   • Subfigure
   • Support
   • Travel

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.4 / 5 votes

1. legnoun

   Synonyms:
   limb, shank, shin, (bones of the leg) tibia, fibula, femur, thigh bone, epipodiale

   Associated words:
   crotch, hock, hough, solen, cradle, puttee, hip, thigh, haunch gyve, scarpines, calf, galligaskins, spatterdashes, leggings

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "leg":

   thigh, pata, ieg, legs, paw, tranche, legform, station, foot, brisket, gea, powa, limb

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. leg

   Synonyms:
   crus

Suggested Resources

1. LEG

   What does LEG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LEG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

How to pronounce leg?

How to say leg in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use leg in a sentence?

1. Henny Youngman:

   I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.

2. Puerto Rican Proverb:

   Break the leg of a bad habit.

3. Bouwe Bekking:

   It is a good feeling, i’ve always said, it’s better to be lucky than good but we’ve been good this leg as well so it’s so nice to win this one because it could have been an easy leg to finish last. The team did a fantastic job, we sailed the boat much better than in the first leg.

4. Gordon Hayward:

   I broke my leg

5. Jurgen Klopps:

   That's a clear, absolutely 100 % red card. Very often you can not see clearly or whatever but in this situation, if Andy Robertson's foot is on the ground, Andy Robertson.Immediately leg is broken, i think we all agree on that. But luckily for both, he was in the air. It's still a red card but the ref saw it differently.