Leaner [adjective]
Definition of Leaner:
bare, thin
Synonyms of Leaner:
● Sinewy
● Gangly
● Lanky
● Slim
● Slender
● Gaunt
● Rangy
● Sparse
● Skinny
● Svelte
● Angular
● Wiry
● Poor
● Scanty
● Worn
● Haggard
● Barren
● Spare
● Stick
● Wasted
● Shadow
● Anorexic
● Beanpole
● Bony
● Gangling
● Meager
● Pitiful
● Rawboned
● Scrawny
● Stringy
● Wizened
● Lank
● Twiggy
● Stilt
● No fat
● Scraggy
Sentence/Example of Leaner:
Riches go the rich, lean ones grow leaner, while the fat ones grow fatter.
Weston was a little leaner, and his face was grimmer than it had been, for the whimsical carelessness had faded out of it.
Napoleon entered in a dark-blue coat “that made his lean yellow face look leaner and yellower than ever.”
The common horse is higher, leaner, less broad on the chest, and with the crupper thinner and more depressed.
He hunted as best he could with very little success, and grew leaner and hungrier than he had ever been before in his life.
Winifred was buoyant because Ten Eyck had promised her a few sets of tennis, and she saw herself already whole ounces leaner.
Old Tom was somewhat smaller and leaner than Dan, yet resembled him enough to deceive us at times.
About the age of 36 the lean man usually becomes fatter and the fat man leaner.
I have taken my breeches in above two inches, so I am leaner, which answers one question in your letter.
He was, as I have said, nearly six inches taller than the others, and leaner and more powerful looking.