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- pronunciation:
- lin
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
leaner, leanest |
| definition 1: |
of humans and animals, having little extra fat on the body.
All the runners were lean and fit.- synonyms:
- spare, thin
- antonyms:
- chubby, fat, fleshy
- similar words:
- bony, emaciated, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lanky, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, slender, slight, slim, spindly, weedy, willowy
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| definition 2: |
containing little fat.
He eats only lean meat, in keeping with his low-fat diet.- antonyms:
- fatty, greasy
- similar words:
- nonfat, sinewy, spare, thin, trim
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| definition 3: |
having no fullness; meager.
Those were lean years during the war.The company laid off many workers during those lean times.- synonyms:
- barren, impoverished, meager, spare
- antonyms:
- affluent
- similar words:
- bare, empty, scant, scanty, sparse
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| related words: |
insufficient, meager, poor, tall |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
in meat, the muscle tissue.
She eats only the lean.- synonyms:
- muscle
- similar words:
- flexor, sinew, tendon, thews
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| definition 2: |
anything that is spare or lean.
- similar words:
- muscle
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| derivations: |
leanly (adv.), leanness (n.) |
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