leans

The word “leans” has 1 syllable: leans

It's pronounced as /liːnz/


What is synonym and antonym for leans?

In the thesaurus, “leans” has 53 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for leans along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for leans

  • angles
  • ascents
  • banks
  • banks on
  • bends
  • calculates
  • calls on
  • calls upon
  • cants
  • climbs
  • cocks
  • commits
  • confides
  • counts
  • declines
  • depends
  • descends
  • deviates
  • diagonals
  • entrusts
  • figures on
  • goes
  • grades
  • gradients
  • gravitates
  • heels
  • inclinations
  • inclines
  • indicates
  • intrusts
  • lists
  • looks to
  • pitches
  • points
  • rakes
  • reckons
  • reclines
  • relies
  • retreats
  • rises
  • runs
  • slants
  • slopes
  • stands on
  • suggests
  • swerves
  • tends
  • tilts
  • tips
  • trends
  • trusts
  • upgrades
  • veers

Antonyms for leans

Meanings of leans

  • noun
    1. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
    2. Meat with no fat on it.
    3. An organism that is lean in stature.
  • verb
    1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
    2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
    3. Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
    4. To hang outwards.
    5. To press against.
    6. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
    7. To conceal.

Example Sentences

  • He always leans to the right when making decisions.
  • She leans against the window and stares outside.
  • The tree leans slightly after the strong winds.
  • He leans in to whisper something secretive.
  • The building leans more every year due to the weak foundation.

On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to leans, such as: angles, ascents, avoids, banks, banks on, bends, calculates.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

calculates

  • accomplishes
  • achieves
  • adds
  • adds up
  • aims
  • allows
  • appraises
  • arranges
  • aspires
  • assesses
  • attempts
  • averages
  • banks on
  • blueprints
  • budgets
  • calibrates
  • calls
  • calls on
  • calls upon
  • charts
  • choreographs
  • ciphers
  • commits
  • computes
  • concerts
  • concludes
  • confides
  • conjectures
  • considers
  • conspires
  • contemplates
  • contrives
  • counts
  • debates
  • deduces
  • deducts
  • depends
  • designs
  • devises
  • divides
  • drafts
  • dreams
  • effects
  • endeavors
  • entrusts
  • estimates
  • evaluates
  • executes
  • extrapolates
  • figures
  • figures in
  • figures on
  • figures out
  • frames
  • gages
  • gathers
  • gauges
  • gets up
  • goes
  • guesses
  • has on
  • hopes
  • infers
  • intends
  • intrigues
  • intrusts
  • itemizes
  • judges
  • lays out
  • leans
  • looks
  • looks to
  • machinates
  • makes
  • means
  • measures
  • meditates
  • multiplies
  • numbers
  • organizes
  • outlines
  • performs
  • places
  • plans
  • plots
  • ponders
  • premeditates
  • prepares
  • projects
  • proposes
  • purports
  • purposes
  • puts
  • puts up
  • rates
  • reasons
  • recalculates
  • reckons
  • recomputes
  • refigures
  • relies
  • scales
  • schemes
  • shapes
  • sketches
  • stands on
  • strives
  • struggles
  • subtracts
  • sums
  • supposes
  • tallies
  • totalizes
  • totals
  • tries
  • trusts
  • understands
  • values
  • wishes
  • works out

calls on

  • asks
  • banks on
  • begs
  • beseeches
  • besieges
  • bludges
  • cadges
  • calculates
  • claims
  • coerces
  • commands
  • commits
  • compels
  • confides
  • conjures
  • counts
  • demands
  • depends
  • desires
  • enjoins
  • entreats
  • entrusts
  • exacts
  • figures on
  • forces
  • impetrates
  • implores
  • importunes
  • insists
  • intrusts
  • invites
  • invokes
  • leans
  • looks to
  • mooches
  • petitions
  • prays
  • presses
  • reckons
  • relies
  • requests
  • requires
  • solicits
  • sponges
  • stands on
  • sues
  • supplicates
  • trusts

calls upon

  • asks
  • banks on
  • begs
  • beseeches
  • besieges
  • bludges
  • cadges
  • calculates
  • claims
  • coerces
  • commands
  • commits
  • compels
  • confides
  • conjures
  • counts
  • demands
  • depends
  • desires
  • enjoins
  • entreats
  • entrusts
  • exacts
  • figures on
  • forces
  • impetrates
  • implores
  • importunes
  • insists
  • intrusts
  • invites
  • invokes
  • leans
  • looks to
  • mooches
  • petitions
  • prays
  • presses
  • reckons
  • relies
  • requests
  • requires
  • solicits
  • sponges
  • stands on
  • sues
  • supplicates
  • trusts

falls

rakes

  • ascents
  • ascertains
  • audits
  • backsliders
  • bankrupts
  • banks
  • blackguards
  • browses
  • cads
  • cants
  • climbs
  • combs
  • debauchees
  • debauchers
  • decadents
  • degenerates
  • delinquents
  • derelicts
  • descries
  • detects
  • determines
  • deviates
  • diagonals
  • discovers
  • dredges
  • examines
  • explores
  • finds
  • finds out
  • frisks
  • gets
  • grades
  • gradients
  • heels
  • inclinations
  • inclines
  • incorrigibles
  • inspects
  • investigates
  • knaves
  • leans
  • learns
  • lechers
  • libertines
  • locates
  • looks over
  • miscreants
  • pats down
  • peruses
  • perverts
  • pervs
  • pitches
  • playboys
  • playgirls
  • probes
  • profligates
  • prospects
  • rakehells
  • ransacks
  • rascals
  • reprobates
  • reviews
  • rifles
  • rips
  • rises
  • rogues
  • rummages
  • runs down
  • satyrs
  • scans
  • scares up
  • scoundrels
  • scours
  • scrutinizes
  • searches
  • shakes down
  • skirmishes
  • slants
  • slopes
  • snoops
  • studies
  • surveys
  • trolls
  • upgrades
  • villains

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