leans (toward or towards)

verb

present tense third-person singular of lean (toward or towards)
as in prefers
to show partiality toward I'm leaning toward sausage on our pizza tonight—we got pepperoni the last three times

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leans (toward or towards)
  1. prefers
  2. likes
  3. favors
  4. enjoys
Verb
  • More than height, the Texas Longhorn prefers to play above his weight.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Bartlett prefers fewer partnerships, and only with businesses that matter to him personally.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of prefers
Verb
  • Senior Anna Stromberg first started getting her hair styled by Huettl sophomore year, and likes to do a bun with either four braids, dragon braids, or two braids.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026
  • For everyone who likes to cook (or eat), The Grateful Gourmet is the stop.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of likes
Verb
  • Egypt and Sudan want binding rules for filling and operating the dam; Ethiopia favors guidelines.
    — KHALED KAZZIHA, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The third is a safety logic that favors tiny circulating doses.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of favors
Verb
  • Arasha enjoys a few choice manipulative moves in her litany of parts, reversing situations that seem to have no obvious good outcome.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Ye-ji wants an interview, and Mi-ok enjoys the interest and attention.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of enjoys
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“Leans (toward or towards).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leans%20%28toward%20or%20towards%29. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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