adj, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of can form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Preserved in cans. not-comparable

   "canned tomatoes"

2. 2
   Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization. broadly, not-comparable

   "canned laughter"

3. 3
   Drunk. not-comparable, slang
4. 4
   Terminated, fired from a job. not-comparable
5. 5
   Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article. not-comparable

   "The raider story was canned by the censor on instructions from the naval authorities."

Adjective

1. 1
   sealed in a can or jar wordnet
2. 2
   recorded for broadcast wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

afflictedbefuddledbentbesottedbibulousblind

Antonyms

All antonyms

driedsober

Example

More examples

"Canned food doesn't interest her."

Related phrases

canned aircanned benchmarkcanned cheesecanned heatcanned huntcanned huntingcanned laughtercanned openercanned rationcanned response

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.