lean on

1. 1.

   rest on for support

   “you can lean on me if you get tired”

   Synonymsrest onlean against

   Broadertouch

Questions about lean on

What does lean on mean?

lean on means "rest on for support".

What is another word for lean on?

Close synonyms include rest on, lean against. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lean on a common word?

lean on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.