leaning

/lˈinɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
   “the leaning tower of Pisa”

noun

1. an inclination to do something
   “he felt leanings toward frivolity”
2. a natural inclination
   “he has a proclivity for exaggeration”
3. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
   “the tower had a pronounced tilt”
4. the act of deviating from a vertical position

Synonyms for leaning

• atilt
• canted
• tilted
• tipped
• inclined
• propensity
• tendency
• proclivity
• tilt
• list
• inclination
• lean

Words that rhyme with leaning

• screening
• meaning
• housecleaning
• cleaning
• convening
• demeaning
• greening
• intervening
• weaning
• careening
• drycleaning
• machining
• preening
• quarantining