Synonyms for leaner
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lee-ner |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈli nər |
Top 10 synonyms for leaner Other synonyms for the word leaner
Définition of leaner
Origin :- "action or state of leaning," 1776, from lean (v.).
- adj bare, thin
- Lean as their cattle were, they would be leaner in a short time.
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
- Her white face, in the frame of her mantilla, looked longer, leaner than usual.
- Extract from : « The Aspern Papers » by Henry James
- Our letters may appear the leaner, but what fat they have is their own.
- Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume 3 » by Various
- The leaner the food the better, to restore tone to the stomach and bowels.
- Extract from : « Every Man his own Doctor » by R. T. Claridge
- So it kept on all the winter—the more it ate the leaner it became.
- Extract from : « Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series » by William Bottrell
- He was too proud to write again, and he got leaner and leaner and more and more homesick.
- Extract from : « A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill » by Alice Hegan Rice
- He is likely to be a lifter and not a leaner, a doer and not a talker.
- Extract from : « Religion And Health » by James J. Walsh
- For they sometimes make him leaner, and sometimes make him bigger.
- Extract from : « Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 » by Various
- She was leaner, more gauntly untidy, more aggressively ill-dressed.
- Extract from : « Marriage » by H. G. Wells
- He was leaner than when he left London and there were pouches below his eyes.
- Extract from : « Greenmantle » by John Buchan
Antonyms for leaner
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