leaning
The word “leaning” has 2 syllables: lean-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈliːnɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for leaning?
In the thesaurus, “leaning” has 140 synonyms and 42 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for leaning along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for leaning
- addiction
- affection
- affinity
- angling
- appetite
- aptitude
- banking
- banking on
- bending
- bent
- bias
- bone
- calculating
- calling on
- calling upon
- cant
- canted
- canting
- cocking
- committing
- confiding
- convention
- countercurrent
- countertrend
- counting
- cup of tea
- current
- curve
- custom
- declining
- depending
- descending
- deviating
- devices
- diagonal
- direction
- disposition
- downside
- drift
- eccentricity
- endowment
- entrusting
- faculty
- fancy
- favor
- favoritism
- figuring on
- flair
- fondness
- forte
- genius
- gift
- going
- graded
- gravitating
- habit
- habitude
- heeling
- idiosyncrasy
- impulse
- inclination
- inclined
- inclining
- indicating
- intrusting
- kink
- knack
- like
- liking
- listing
- looking to
- mindset
- oblique
- oddity
- one-sidedness
- partiality
- partisanship
- pattern
- peculiarity
- penchant
- pitched
- pitching
- pointing
- practice
- practise
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- quirk
- raked
- reckoning
- reclining
- relying
- retreating
- routine
- run
- running
- sentiment
- shift
- singularity
- slant
- slanted
- slanting
- slantwise
- sloped
- sloping
- speciality
- specialty
- standing on
- suggesting
- swerving
- swing
- talent
- taste
- tendency
- tending
- tenor
- thing
- tide
- tilted
- tilting
- tipping
- trend
- trending
- trick
- trusting
- turn
- turnabout
- undercurrent
- undertow
- upside
- veering
- way
- weakness
- wind
- wont
Antonyms for leaning
- allergy
- antipathy
- apathy
- averseness
- aversion
- avoiding
- detachment
- disfavor
- disinclination
- disinterestedness
- dislike
- disliking
- disrelish
- distaste
- distrusting
- evening
- fairness
- flattening
- hate
- hatred
- horizontal
- impartiality
- indifference
- insouciance
- justice
- level
- leveling
- levelling
- mistrusting
- neutrality
- nonchalance
- objectivity
- parallel
- perpendicular
- plumb
- questioning
- shunning
- straightening
- suspecting
- unconcern
- up-and-down
- vertical
Meanings of leaning
- noun
- A tendency or propensity.
- verb
- To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To press against.
- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
- To conceal.
Example Sentences
- He was leaning on the railing, watching the sunset.
- The picture is leaning to the left, you should fix it.
- She kept leaning forward to hear the speaker better.
- The old shed was leaning after the storm.
- They were leaning toward accepting the new proposal.
On this page you'll find 182 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to leaning, such as: addiction, affection, affinity, allergy, angling, antipathy, apathy.
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