leaners
Almost-ringer horseshoe tosses
Leaners are people or things that lean.
In lawn bowling and similar games, a leaner is a ball resting against the target—not touching it fully, but close enough to matter.
In informal use, leaners are those who depend heavily on others for support or guidance: The team had too many leaners and not enough leaders.
People financially supported
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
- protegesThose guided by mentors
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
- recipientsThose who receive
charges · mentees · apprentices · interns · disciples · juniors · heirs · fosterlings
Financial supporters
- advocatesThose who support causes
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
- sympathizersThose favoring a cause
proponents · champions · followers · enthusiasts · fans · voters · acolytes · disciples
dependents
People financially supported
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
- protegesThose guided by mentors
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
recipients · charges · mentees · apprentices · interns · disciples · juniors · heirs · fosterlings · adoptees
backers
Financial supporters
- advocatesThose who support causes
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
sympathizers · proponents · champions · followers · enthusiasts · fans · voters · acolytes · disciples · sponsors
slanted
Angled from vertical
skewed · canted · listing · aslant · off-kilter · crooked · unbalanced · tipping · propped · reclining
ringers
Bell operators or fakes
stake · target · scoring · near-miss · close · almost · points
- horseshoeshorseshoe nails, lucky horseshoe, ringers, horseshoe pits
- leaned onSupported by contact
- leaned intoCommitted to wholeheartedly
- leaner and meanerMore efficient and aggressive
- leaned inBent forward toward
- leaned over backwardsWent to extremes helping