Synonyms for leg
lɛgleg

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1. legnoun

   a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

2. legnoun

   a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

3. legnoun

   one of the supports for a piece of furniture

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

4. branch, leg, ramificationnoun

   a part of a forked or branching shape

   "he broke off one of the branches"

   Synonyms:
   branching, stage, ramification, wooden leg, pegleg, peg, arm, offshoot, subdivision, forking, complication, outgrowth, fork, limb, offset, branch

5. legnoun

   the limb of an animal used for food

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

6. peg, wooden leg, leg, peglegnoun

   a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

   Synonyms:
   branch, stage, nog, pegleg, stick, oarlock, pin, ramification, rowlock, tholepin, wooden leg, peg, thole

7. legnoun

   a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

8. legnoun

   (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack

   Synonyms:
   peg, wooden leg, pegleg, stage, ramification, branch

9. stage, legnoun

   a section or portion of a journey or course

   "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

   Synonyms:
   branch, stage, level, pegleg, peg, stagecoach, degree, point, ramification, wooden leg, phase, microscope stage

Matched Categories

1. • Cloth Covering
   • Cut
   • Distance
   • Limb
   • Navigation
   • Prosthesis
   • Subfigure
   • Support
   • Travel

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.4 / 5 votes

1. legnoun

   Synonyms:
   limb, shank, shin, (bones of the leg) tibia, fibula, femur, thigh bone, epipodiale

   Associated words:
   crotch, hock, hough, solen, cradle, puttee, hip, thigh, haunch gyve, scarpines, calf, galligaskins, spatterdashes, leggings

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "leg":

   thigh, pata, ieg, legs, paw, tranche, legform, station, foot, brisket, gea, powa, limb

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. leg

   Synonyms:
   crus

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1. Donald Trump:

   And we have the former administration as represented by State John Kerry, not the best negotiator we've ever seen, state John Kerry never walked away from the table, except to be in that bicycle race where State John Kerry fell and broke State John Kerry leg.

2. Evenny Reyes:

   We were just leaving and we saw a guy with a bandana wrapped around his leg because he got shot, there was a little kid hurt on the ground. People were throwing tables and cutting fences to get out.

3. Robert Spotswood:

   The key difference for me has been the ability to wear this all day long, without any real sensitivity whatsoever on the end of my leg. It’s allowed me to participate in sports that I love for longer periods of time, previously I was playing one set of tennis and I would be all the way into my socket to the point where I was having a lot of sensitivity on the end of my bone.

4. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev:

   There are no winners today, but I feel justice for my family, i have to watch my two sons put a leg on every day ... but I can tell you it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

5. Kionte Storey:

   I didn’t know how my body was going to respond [in Africa], my leg did well all the way up – it did a lot better than I expected.