Synonyms for Leans on:

• v.

  •bank on (verb)
  • be sure about,
  • assume,
  • trust,
  • reckon on,
  • believe in,
  • build on,
  • venture,
  • count on,
  • rely on,
  • wager,
  • gamble on,
  • stake,
  • bet on,
  • lean on,
  • look to.
  •browbeat (verb)
  • domineer,
  • cow,
  • intimidate,
  • harass,
  • coerce,
  • put the chill on,
  • lord it over,
  • badger,
  • tyrannize,
  • put heat on,
  • hector,
  • overawe,
  • oppress,
  • threaten,
  • put through the wringer,
  • overbear,
  • Despotize,
  • bully,
  • bludgeon,
  • bluster,
  • frighten,
  • dragoon,
  • bulldoze.
  •bully (verb)
  • ride roughshod,
  • menace,
  • browbeat,
  • showboat,
  • torment,
  • swagger,
  • buffalo,
  • enforce,
  • torture,
  • persecute,
  • turn on the heat,
  • terrorize,
  • walk heavy.
  •castigate (verb)
  • flog,
  • chastise,
  • punish,
  • read the riot act,
  • chasten,
  • thrash,
  • dress down,
  • reprimand,
  • scourge,
  • excoriate,
  • discipline,
  • tongue-lash,
  • lay out,
  • berate,
  • scarify,
  • correct,
  • whip,
  • penalize,
  • bawl out,
  • beat,
  • jump down one's throat,
  • criticize,
  • rail,
  • scorch,
  • drub,
  • chew out,
  • lambaste,
  • scathe,
  • scold,
  • flay,
  • drag over the coals,
  • ream,
  • rate,
  • come down on,
  • lash,
  • baste,
  • blister,
  • pummel,
  • rebuke,
  • cane,
  • censure,
  • upbraid.
  •chastise (verb)
  • lay into,
  • slap down,
  • ferule,
  • spank,
  • Skelp,
  • castigate,
  • climb all over.
  •coerce (verb)
  • oblige,
  • beset,
  • pressurize,
  • make,
  • hinder,
  • shotgun,
  • strong-arm,
  • urge,
  • drive,
  • push,
  • force,
  • twist one's arm,
  • repress,
  • restrict,
  • impel,
  • constrain,
  • high pressure,
  • concuss,
  • make an offer they can't refuse,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • suppress.
  •count on (verb)
  • count upon.
  •count on/count upon (verb)
  • bargain for,
  • pin faith on,
  • tab,
  • bank on,
  • bet bottom dollar,
  • swear by,
  • believe,
  • heed,
  • plan on,
  • take as gospel truth,
  • expect from,
  • aim for,
  • score,
  • take on trust,
  • take for granted,
  • place confidence in,
  • rest on,
  • stake on.
  •cow (verb)
  • unnerve,
  • abash,
  • embarrass,
  • rattle,
  • appall,
  • daunt,
  • faze,
  • discomfit,
  • scare,
  • push around,
  • subdue,
  • dismay,
  • awe,
  • disconcert,
  • dishearten.
  •depend (verb)
  • confide in,
  • bet bottom dollar on,
  • turn to,
  • calculate on,
  • trust in,
  • build upon,
  • lay money on.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • prevent,
  • exhort,
  • deter,
  • disincline,
  • turn off,
  • chicken out,
  • urge not to,
  • prick,
  • advise against,
  • put off,
  • counsel,
  • Disadvise,
  • cry out against,
  • discourage,
  • divert,
  • throw cold water on,
  • thwart,
  • persuade not to,
  • throw off,
  • remonstrate,
  • derail,
  • warn,
  • throw a wet blanket on,
  • expostulate,
  • deprecate,
  • caution against.
  •drive (verb)
  • inspire,
  • press,
  • prompt,
  • goose,
  • motivate,
  • hasten,
  • prod,
  • instigate,
  • shepherd,
  • herd,
  • arouse,
  • overburden,
  • railroad,
  • stimulate,
  • nag,
  • provoke,
  • dog,
  • worry,
  • pound,
  • actuate,
  • hound,
  • induce,
  • ride herd on,
  • egg on,
  • goad,
  • send,
  • compel,
  • animate,
  • kick,
  • hustle,
  • overwork,
  • pressure,
  • spur,
  • rush,
  • shove,
  • work on,
  • propel,
  • encourage,
  • steamroll,
  • act upon,
  • put up to,
  • rouse,
  • chase,
  • spirit up,
  • hurl,
  • hurry.
  •enforce (verb)
  • commandeer,
  • accomplish,
  • incite,
  • apply,
  • crack down,
  • dictate,
  • prosecute,
  • expect,
  • discharge,
  • demand,
  • emphasize,
  • effect,
  • administrate,
  • reinforce,
  • fulfill,
  • require,
  • fortify,
  • stress,
  • implement,
  • administer,
  • invoke,
  • sanction,
  • necessitate,
  • exact,
  • exert,
  • put screws to,
  • put into effect,
  • carry out,
  • strain,
  • impose,
  • insist on,
  • extort,
  • force upon,
  • support,
  • execute,
  • perform,
  • wrest.
  •exact (verb)
  • bleed,
  • call,
  • claim,
  • extract,
  • shake down,
  • squeeze,
  • put on,
  • challenge,
  • wring,
  • assess,
  • pinch,
  • solicit,
  • postulate,
  • command,
  • insist upon,
  • gouge,
  • wrench,
  • requisition,
  • levy.
  •hurt (verb)
  • martyrize,
  • chafe,
  • abuse,
  • discommode,
  • try,
  • afflict,
  • sadden,
  • distress,
  • work over,
  • injure,
  • zing,
  • martyr,
  • go for jugular,
  • vitiate,
  • lay a bad trip on,
  • displease,
  • give no quarter,
  • annoy,
  • thumb nose at,
  • excruciate,
  • wound,
  • hit where one lives,
  • aggrieve,
  • put down,
  • burn,
  • cut to the quick,
  • vex,
  • grieve,
  • put out,
  • sting,
  • prejudice,
  • upset.
  •intimidate (verb)
  • bait,
  • dispirit,
  • spook,
  • terrify,
  • twist someone's arm,
  • alarm,
  • ruffle,
  • disquiet,
  • chill,
  • bowl over,
  • ride.
  •maul (verb)
  • maltreat,
  • beat up,
  • knock about,
  • muscle,
  • rough up,
  • paste,
  • wax,
  • trample,
  • batter,
  • break face,
  • claw,
  • bash,
  • handle roughly,
  • lacerate,
  • ill-treat,
  • molest,
  • flail,
  • hurt,
  • clean,
  • pelt,
  • knock around,
  • skin,
  • let have it,
  • flagellate,
  • paw,
  • take care of,
  • put in the hospital,
  • bang,
  • HIT,
  • buffet,
  • mug.
  •menace (verb)
  • whip around,
  • compromise,
  • overhang,
  • risk,
  • endanger,
  • impend,
  • peril,
  • imperil,
  • bad-eye,
  • portend,
  • scare hell out of,
  • lower,
  • hazard,
  • jeopardize,
  • loom.
  •press (verb)
  • implore,
  • sue,
  • supplicate,
  • come at,
  • enjoin,
  • petition,
  • plague,
  • entreat,
  • sell,
  • assail,
  • Importune,
  • weigh down,
  • plead,
  • besiege,
  • buttonhole,
  • beg,
  • depress.
  •pressure (verb)
  • twist arm,
  • politick,
  • insist.
  •push (verb)
  • speed,
  • sell on,
  • exert influence,
  • put the screws to,
  • kid,
  • speed up,
  • Overpress,
  • persuade,
  • pour it on,
  • bear down,
  • key up,
  • go to town on,
  • turn on,
  • fire up,
  • influence,
  • expedite,
  • jolly.
  •raid (verb)
  • rake,
  • swoop,
  • heat,
  • sweep,
  • sally,
  • bomb,
  • Spoliate,
  • slough,
  • fall upon,
  • overrun,
  • loot,
  • rob,
  • ransack,
  • descend on,
  • march on,
  • torpedo,
  • inroad,
  • charge,
  • assault,
  • harry,
  • invade,
  • knock off,
  • strike,
  • maraud,
  • despoil,
  • lean against,
  • shell,
  • breach,
  • strafe,
  • storm,
  • waste,
  • foray,
  • fire on,
  • knock over,
  • tip over,
  • bombard,
  • plunder,
  • blockade,
  • break in,
  • sack,
  • forage,
  • sally forth,
  • devastate,
  • rifle,
  • pirate.
  •rebuke (verb)
  • oppose,
  • lesson,
  • go after,
  • jump on,
  • reprehend,
  • admonish,
  • carp on,
  • tell off,
  • zap,
  • rip,
  • blame,
  • reprove,
  • sit on,
  • jawbone,
  • lecture,
  • tear apart,
  • read,
  • tick off,
  • sound off,
  • pay,
  • fry,
  • reproach,
  • take to task,
  • monish,
  • chide,
  • call on the carpet.
  •squeeze (verb)
  • bring pressure to bear,
  • milk,
  • eke out.
  •trust (verb)
  • imagine,
  • hope,
  • rely upon,
  • accredit,
  • take,
  • suppose,
  • be convinced,
  • depend on,
  • take at face value,
  • place trust in,
  • think likely,
  • presume,
  • surmise,
  • have faith in.

Antonyms for Leans on:

• v.

  • browbeat
    coax, help, praise, aid, boost, leave alone, assist, compliment.
  • bully
    alleviate, please, allow, delight, make happy, relieve.
  • castigate
    guard, flatter, surrender, lose, reward, forgive, protect, exonerate, approve, laud.
  • chastise
    encourage, promote, comfort, inspirit, cheer.
  • coerce
    discourage, let go, free, halt, stop, suppress, repress, dissuade, release.
  • count on
    doubt.
  • count on/count upon
    not expect, distrust, disbelieve.
  • cow
    calm, incite, embolden, gladden, hearten, soothe.
  • dissuade
    talk into, persuade.
  • drive
    delay, dally, procrastinate, check, prevent, hinder, slow, curb, wait, rest, retard, depress, impede, pull.
  • enforce
    forego, miss, neglect, not finish, drop, forget, give, fail, ignore, abandon, refuse, overlook, give up, deter, disapprove, cease, disregard.
  • exact
    receive, answer.
  • hurt
    heal, respect, cure, placate, remedy, assuage, satisfy.
  • intimidate
    reassure, assure.
  • maul
    take care, maintain.
  • menace
    save.
  • push
    hide, conceal.
  • raid
    improve, construct, build.
  • squeeze
    uncompress, expand, donate.
  • trust
    abstain, mistrust, hold, keep, know, reject.