verb 1Polly leaned against the door REST , be propped up, recline, repose, crouch, bow, hunch, be supported.
2a line of palm trees leaning in the wind SLANT , incline, bend, tilt, be at an angle, slope, tip, bank, list, heel, careen, cant, bias, veer, sway, angle.
3he leans towards existentialist philosophy TEND TOWARDS , incline towards, have a tendency towards, have a propensity for, have a proclivity for, have a preference for, have a penchant for, be partial to, be attracted to, have a liking for, gravitate towards, have an affinity with, be prone to.
4Jack had always been there, a strong shoulder to lean on DEPEND , be dependent, rely, count, bank, pin one's faith; have faith in, trust, have every confidence in, swear by, cling to; not manage without.
5 (informal) I got leaned on by villains many times INTIMIDATE , coerce, domineer, browbeat, bully, tyrannize, pressurize, threaten, compel, pressure, put pressure on, force, drive, impel, constrain, subdue, cow, daunt, prevail on; informal twist someone's arm, put the frighteners on, put the screws on, strong-arm, push around, squeeze, bulldoze.
4too often in lean times the poorest are asked to make the largest sacrifices UNPRODUCTIVE , unfruitful, arid, barren, bare, non-fertile; famine-stricken, hungry, hard. -opposite(s): PRODUCTIVE, FERTILE.