leaning

leaning is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Lean. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Lean
2. noun. The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
3. noun. the act of deviating from a vertical position
4. noun. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

   "the tower had a pronounced tilt"

   "the ship developed a list to starboard"

   Synonyms: inclination, lean, list, tilt

5. noun. a natural inclination

   "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"

   Synonyms: proclivity, propensity

6. noun. an inclination to do something

   "he felt leanings toward frivolity"

   Synonyms: propensity, tendency

7. adjective. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

   "the leaning tower of Pisa"

   "the headstones were tilted"

   Synonyms: atilt, canted, tilted, tipped

Synonyms

inclination, lean, list, tilt, proclivity, propensity, tendency, atilt, canted, tilted, tipped

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in leaning:

aneling, angelin, eanling

Common word forms

lean, leanings

Words from these letters

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