Antonyms for cane
keɪncane

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.4 / 5 votes

1. canenoun

   To destroy.

   Synonyms:
   reed

2. canenoun

   To do something well, in a competent fashion.

   Synonyms:
   molasses cane

3. canenoun

   It hurts.

   Don't hit me with that: it really canes!

   Synonyms:
   rod, switch

4. canenoun

   Corporal punishment by beating with a cane; the cane.

   The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.

   Synonyms:
   the cane, whipping, cuts, six of the best, caning

5. canenoun

   A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.

   After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk.

   Synonyms:
   walking stick, staff

6. canenoun

   A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by blind persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path.

   Synonyms:
   white cane, blind mans cane

7. canenoun

   Synonyms:
   stalk, trunk, stem

Matched Categories

1. • Stem
   • Walking Stick

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. canenoun

   a stick that people can lean on to help them walk

2. canenoun

   a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane

3. caneverb

   a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment

4. cane, flog, lambaste, lambastverb

   beat with a cane

   Synonyms:
   scold, strap, trounce, welt, lambast, bawl out, reproof, dress down, slash, chew out, chide, lecture, have words, call down, take to task, lambaste, call on the carpet, rebuke, jaw, lather, whip, reprimand, lash, flog, remonstrate, rag, berate, chew up

How to use cane in a sentence?

1. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Greater cane does not make greater humans. (Une plus grande canne - N'agrandit l'homme.)

2. Damon Gameau:

   People need to look out for all of these health slogans on the labels that they use to make it look very healthy. You see these health slogans like ‘Packed with essential Vitamin D,’ and parents believe that, there are also a hundred alternative names like evaporated cane juice and grape mist—again all of it confuses the consumer.

3. Mike Logan:

   I still struggle walking on a daily basis and have started using a cane to help me get around.

4. Mike Logan:

   The most common adverse reactions in the PPMS trial -- incidence ?10 percent -- were upper respiratory tract infections, infusion reactions, skin infections, and lower respiratory tract infections. i still struggle walking on a daily basis and have started using a cane to help me get around.

5. Celso Oliveira:

   It could be good for cane plantations, but not so good for coffee.

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