All lean on antonyms

verb lean on

• assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
• aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
• coax — If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
• compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
• help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
• boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
• alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
• delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
• please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
• relieve — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• forgive — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
• reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
• laud — to praise; extol.
• guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• flatter — to make flat.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
• cheer — When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
• inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
• promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• release — to lease again.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
• disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
• distrust — to regard with doubt or suspicion; have no trust in.
• hearten — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
• incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
• gladden — to make glad.
• soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
• persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
• talk into — persuade
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
• procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.