Leverage and Use

Leverage

Leverage verb - To take unfair advantage of.

Usage example: a reality show contestant who's trying to leverage her 15 minutes of fame

Show all Definitions

Use and leverage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Use" instead a verb "Leverage".

Nearby Words: lever, levered, leveraged, leveraging

Use verb - To take unfair advantage of.

Usage example: I was paying for everything on our little outing, and I was starting to feel like I was being used

Show all Definitions

Leverage and use are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leverage" instead the word "Use" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

good	good leverage	good use
best	best leverage	best use
future	future leverage	future use
poor	poor leverage	poor use
Other adjectives: popular, effective, actual, real, little, new, possible, less, further, primary.

Leverage: The crew are a gang of criminals who discovered Good Feels Good and use their skills to help people who are victims of slimy CEOs and other people the law can't touch.

Source: Asshole Victim / Live-Action TV
If a character is Dual Wielding, they will usually place one blade behind the other in an attempt to use both arms for leverage.

Source: Blade Lock
The Brotherhood/Markovian scientists could easily use her as bait/leverage against the Titans (particularly Beast Boy) and Geo-Force.

Source: Headscratchers / Teen Titans

Cite this Source

Use and Leverage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/leverage/use

Leverage & Use. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/leverage/use>.

Use or Leverage. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/leverage/use.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "leverage" and "use" have occurred on timeline