Thesaurus / leonine
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synonyms for leonine
- big-name
- distinguished
- esteemed
- famed
- high-ranking
- illustrious
- noted
- outstanding
- preeminent
- prominent
- renowned
- well-known
- VIP
- august
- big-gun
- big-league
- big-time
- celeb
- celebrated
- celebrious
- conspicuous
- dominant
- elevated
- exalted
- grand
- great
- high
- lionlike
- lofty
- name
- noble
- notable
- noteworthy
- of note
- page-oner
- paramount
- prestigious
- redoubted
- star
- superior
- superstar
antonyms for leonine
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How to use leonine in a sentence
He was especially well groomed, whereas Nibbetts was at once leonine, rugged, and nearly shabby.
THE TIGRESSANNE WARNERHe was still bearded, still rather leonine, but he was better groomed than in those days in India.
THE TIGRESSANNE WARNERIn spite of a lingering unkemptness, he was indeed a fine object to view—massive and leonine.
THE TIGRESSANNE WARNERBut the marchioness, standing erect with a leonine boldness, fixed him to his place with a scornful look.
THE GUIDE OF THE DESERTGUSTAVE AIMARDHis untrimmed beard, his bent head with its leonine mane of iron-gray hair, lent him an almost patriarchal look.
THE OPEN QUESTIONELIZABETH ROBINSThen the Genius had entered the room—a fierce and sombre-looking man of sixty, with a leonine head and impatient eyes.
THE DEVOURERSANNIE VIVANTI CHARTRESDanton, in his leonine rle, was very fine upon this occasion.
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLSThe head was white-maned, leonine, with handsome florid features and sharp blue eyes.
THE SENSITIVE MANPOUL WILLIAM ANDERSONThey are all in rhyming Latin, and chiefly, though with exceptions, in the loose trochaic metre called Leonine.
VIEW OF THE STATE OF EUROPE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES, VOL. 3 (OF 3)HENRY HALLAMThere was something irresistible comic in the puzzled and worried expression of that leonine face.
THE BRAINALEXANDER BLADEWORDS RELATED TO LEONINE
- VIP
- august
- big-gun
- big-league
- big-name
- big-time
- celeb
- celebrated
- celebrious
- conspicuous
- distinguished
- dominant
- elevated
- esteemed
- exalted
- famed
- grand
- great
- high
- high-ranking
- illustrious
- leonine
- lionlike
- lofty
- name
- noble
- notable
- noted
- noteworthy
- of note
- outstanding
- page-oner
- paramount
- preeminent
- prestigious
- prominent
- redoubted
- renowned
- star
- superior
- superstar
- well-known
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.