Antonyms for lean
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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

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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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1. • Be
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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 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

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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, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lean

   Synonyms:
   MedspeakUK Lean philosophy, lean thinking

How to use lean in a sentence?

1. Henry Olsen:

   I think Biden's doing what he can, but these voters lean right on culture and immigration : He's leaning left on those issues and that holds him back, i don't think the modern Democratic Party, with its vocal cultural left, can win 40 % of non-college whites [ again ] absent a big GOP misstep.

2. Alan Yang:

   The effect is that, hopefully, you put yourself in the character's shoes for a second, and it makes you lean in and pay attention, as opposed to just letting it go by while you check your phone, you can't watch that section looking at your phone.

3. John Patrick Lee:

   I don’t think this is a fad, it is a generational shift in how people think about investing their money, a retail trader will not lean on Wall Street to manage their money and I definitely now see an antagonistic relationship between the old guard (Wall Street) and individual traders who are on the rise.

4. Tu Le:

   Communities tend to lean towards loyalty ... that’s exactly what Nio is tapping into, if Nio can continue to build the community, launch great products, and not have any major quality spills they are well-positioned to be a major player in China.

5. Kid Rock:

   I am definitely a Republicanon fiscal issues and the military, but I lean to the middle on social issues. I am no fan of abortion, but it’s not up to a man to tell a woman what to do. As an ordained minister I don’t look forward to marrying gay people, but I’m not opposed to it.

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