Synonyms for lever
ˈlɛv ər, ˈli vərlever

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1. levernoun

   a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

   Synonyms:
   lever tumbler

2. levernoun

   a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

   Synonyms:
   lever tumbler

3. lever, lever tumblerverb

   a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock

   Synonyms:
   lever tumbler

4. pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmyverb

   to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

   "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

   Synonyms:
   prize, poke, intrude, treasure, nose, pry, esteem, respect, appreciate, horn in, value, jimmy, prise

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1. • Bar
   • Machine

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1. levernoun

   Synonyms:
   pry

   Associated words:
   fulcrum, purchase, prize, prizing

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1. List of paraphrases for "lever":

   prybar, gear, leverage, crowbar, levers, pry, leveraged, toggle

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How to use lever in a sentence?

1. Thomas J. Watson:

   Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

2. Ted Cruz:

   We are at a moment in time, because the American people elected a Republican majority in the House, where we have an opportunity to stop the madness. And I believe it is incumbent on that Republican majority, and on the Republicans in the Senate, to use every lever point we have to stop the out-of-control spending that is driving inflation, that is punishing hard-working Americans across this country.

3. Otero County:

   I’m gonna leave either tonight or tomorrow. I’ve got a .357 Henry Big Boy rifle lever action that I’ve got in the trunk of my car and I’ve got a .357 single action revolver, the Colt Ruger Vaquero that I’ll have underneath the front seat on my right side and I will embrace my Second Amendment.

4. Archimedes:

   Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

5. Liliane Maury Pasquier:

   The #MeToo movement has not spared the world of politics. As long as inequality between women and men persists, no woman will be safe from violence and harassment, we, women and men in politics, do however have a lever that can turn us into movers of change : the Istanbul Convention -- a legal instrument aimed at preventing, protecting, prosecuting and, above all, breaking the sexist pattern.