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Synonyms for cant
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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cant4

    Antonyms:
    must, be able to, can

  2. cantcontraction

    cannot; is unable to; does not have the ability to

    I can't quite get it to work.

    Antonyms:
    can, be able to, must

  3. cantcontraction

    To bevel an edge or corner.

    You can't enter the hall without a ticket.

    Antonyms:
    can, be able to, must

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cant

    Pretense (Latin prætendo) primarily signifies the holding something forward as having certain rights or claims, whether truly or falsely; in the good sense, it is now rarely used except with a negative; as, there can be no pretense that this is due; a false pretense implies the possibility of a true pretense; but, alone and unlimited, pretense commonly signifies the offering of something for what it is not. Hypocrisy is the false pretense of moral excellence, either as a cover for actual wrong, or for the sake of the credit and advantage attaching to virtue. Cant (Latin cantus, a song), primarily the singsong iteration of the language of any party, school, or sect, denotes the mechanical and pretentious use of religious phraseology, without corresponding feeling or character; sanctimoniousness is the assumption of a saintly manner without a saintly character. As cant is hypocrisy in utterance, so sanctimoniousness is hypocrisy in appearance, as in looks, tones, etc. Pietism, originally a word of good import, is now chiefly used for an unregulated emotionalism; formalism is an exaggerated devotion to forms, rites, and ceremonies, without corresponding earnestness of heart; sham (identical in origin with shame) is a trick or device that puts one to shame, or that shamefully disappoints expectation or falsifies appearance. Affectation is in matters of intellect, taste, etc., much what hypocrisy is in morals and religion; affectation might be termed petty hypocrisy. Compare DECEPTION.

    Synonyms:
    affectation, dissimulation, formalism, hypocrisy, pharisaism, pietism, pretense, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sham

    Antonyms:
    candor, frankness, genuineness, honesty, ingenuousness, openness, sincerity, transparency, truth, truthfulness

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. buzzword, cantnoun

    stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

    Synonyms:
    slang, camber, chamfer, patois, bevel, vernacular, argot, bank, pious platitude, lingo, buzzword, jargon

  2. bank, cant, cambernoun

    a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

    Synonyms:
    argot, pious platitude, banking company, money box, banking concern, slang, chamfer, lingo, bank building, coin bank, patois, savings bank, vernacular, bevel, camber, jargon, bank, buzzword, depository financial institution

  3. slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacularnoun

    a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

    "they don't speak our lingo"

    Synonyms:
    slang term, bevel, patois, slang, slang expression, vernacular, argot, pious platitude, lingo, camber, buzzword, jargon, chamfer, bank, jargoon

  4. cant, pious platitudenoun

    insincere talk about religion or morals

    Synonyms:
    slang, camber, chamfer, patois, bevel, vernacular, argot, bank, pious platitude, lingo, buzzword, jargon

  5. bevel, cant, chamferverb

    two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

    Synonyms:
    slang, bevel, camber, chamfer, patois, bevel square, vernacular, argot, bank, pious platitude, lingo, buzzword, jargon

  6. cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitchverb

    heel over

    "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

    Synonyms:
    set up, pitch, lean, huckster, lurch, wobble, peddle, vend, tip, slope, careen, shift, tilt, hawk, flip, cant over, monger, deliver, incline, weight, angle, sky, toss, slant, gear

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cantnoun

    Synonyms:
    whining or affected speech

  2. cantnoun

    Synonyms:
    hypocrisy, pretence

  3. cantnoun

    Synonyms:
    peculiar form of speech, professional terms

  4. cantnoun

    Synonyms:
    slang, barbarous jargon, low language, inelegant expression

  5. cantnoun

    Synonyms:
    auction, vendue, auction sale

  6. cantnoun

    Synonyms:
    turn, tilt, slant

  7. cantadjective

    Synonyms:
    hypocritical, insincere, hollow, canting

  8. cantadjective

    Synonyms:
    vulgar, barbarous, unauthorized, inelegant

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cantnoun

    Synonyms:
    slope, tilt, turn, bias, impulse, prating, idioms, parlance, vocabulary, affected piety, hypocrisy, slang, jargon, lingo, argot

  2. cantverb

    Synonyms:
    tilt, tip, incline

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How to use cant in a sentence?

  1. Jenna Paulat:

    They cant sit around and wait for the state and federal legislators to take action.

  2. Mandy Joye:

    It was just a constant barrage of, You have got to be kidding me that cant be real.

  3. Valerie Macon/Getty Images:

    We never want our guests to experience what this family did. This is not acceptable and we are sorry and we are taking steps to make sure nothing like this happens again, we cant discuss specifics about this incident, but we can confirm that the actor no longer works here.We remain in contact with the family and will work with them privately to make this right.

  4. Steve Melnikoff:

    This prosperity and peace that weve had for all these years, its because of that generation, it cant happen again and thats why I go there.

  5. Jarlin Antonio Lorenzo:

    Youre going to see all of these faces in the caravan, were going because we cant stand the poverty, the hunger.


Translations for cant

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  • лицеме́рие, преобръщане, наклон, жарго́н, окантвам, накланямBulgarian
  • argotCatalan, Valencian
  • Gaunersprache, Phrasendrescherrei, Redendes Wappen, kanten, abschrägen, Fachsprache, kippen, Jargon, Phrase, RotwelschGerman
  • argot, coa, jergaSpanish
  • mankuminen, kallistaa, kaltevuus, slangi, hurskastelu, höpöpuhe, jargonFinnish
  • armes parlantes, lange de bois, lamentation, langue de bois, argotFrench
  • zsargon, tolvajnyelv, képmutatásHungarian
  • 傾斜, 斜面, 隠語Japanese
  • neigen, boeventaal, huicheltaal, Bargoens, jargon, vaktaal, sprekend wapen, bedelaarsgekerm, hellingDutch
  • jargão, códigoPortuguese
  • лицеме́рие, фе́ня, [[блатно́й]] [[язы́к]], ха́нжество, кантовать, нытьё, [[та́йный]] [[язы́к]], жарго́н, перевёртываниеRussian
  • jargonTurkish

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