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

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1. Steve Nash:

   When I signed with the Lakers, I had big dreams of lifting the fans up and lighting this city on fire, i turned down more lucrative offers to come to L.A. because I wanted to be in the 'fire,' and play for high risk and high reward in my last NBA chapter. In my second game here, I broke my leg and nothing was the same.

2. Elzear Blaze, La Vie Militaire:

   In the career of glory one gains many things; the gout and medals, a pension and rheumatism....And also frozen feet, an arm or leg the less, a bullet lodged between two bones which the surgeon cannot extract....all of these fatigues experienced in your youth, you pay for when you grow old. Because one has suffered in years gone by, it is necessary to suffer more, which does not seem exactly fair.

3. Trayvon Bromell:

   I’m honestly kind of mad, not at these guys, they did what they could do, i did what I can do. I can really just speak for myself in a sense. Like I said, these guys did their job, I did what I could do. On the first leg, it just — it’s really some BS for real, to be honest with you.

4. Brad Pitt:

   I consider myself on my last leg.

5. Andrew Woodward:

   It does open the door to second or third-tier brands to get a leg in.