Can

//ˈkæn//

Synonyms for "can" (394 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (79)

Noun(30 words)

bathroom commode crapper john lav lavatory pot potty privy stool throne tin toilet arse ass backside bedpan behind big white telephone bin

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bog bogger bottom brasco bum buns butt buttocks can buoy canful

fire may tin toilet aluminum can arse ass ax backhouse backside bag banish barrel basement basket bastille bathroom battleship battlewagon be able

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be able to be permitted be up to beam bedpan behind boot boot out bottle bounce box box up break brig bucket bum bump burden bust butt buttocks calaboose can do

Verb(6 words)

sack discard axe be able to bin can it

Strong matches (118)

capital ship capsule carton casanova case cashier cask chamber chamber pot chaser cheek cheeks chemical closet chemical toilet chokey clink closet college comfort station commode

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Noun(36 words)

carsey chamber chamber pot chemical toilet chimney pot cloaca closet closet of decency closet of ease cludgie cottage cousin john crapper trapper derriere dike donniker dot dunny facilities fanny

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fundament gazunder geography guzunder head highway to hell hind end hindquarters honey bucket honeypot house of lords house of office jacks jacques jail jakes

Verb(13 words)

chuck cognize dismiss displace downsize dump fire force out get rid of give notice give the axe give the sack grok

Related words (197)

Noun(81 words)

jerry johnny jordan karzy keister khazi kocay ladies and gentlemen lat latrine lats lavabo lavvy loo mingo nates necessarium necessary necessary place necessary room

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Verb(22 words)

jettison junk ken lay off let go make silent may pink slip pitch put up retrench scrap send away shift shit-can stifle stop talking terminate throw out tin

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toss toss out

john johnny johnny house jordan jug keep keister kick kick out kick upstairs lade lady-killer latrine lavatory lay off let go let out load lockup loo

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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

18 relation types

More general

9 entries

body part buoy container containerful keep plumbing fixture preserve remove room

More specific

12 entries

aerosol can beer can billycan garbage can jerrycan lading-can soda can spray can sprinkling can tin can trash can watering can

Antonyms

5 entries

bottle can't cannot jar unable

Synonyms

8 entries

aluminum can be able to buttocks fire may tin tin can toilet

Related terms

4 entries

Obama-can Obamacan can-can cancan

at location

8 entries

cupboard grocery store kitchen own kitchen pantry shelf sixpack of soda pop trash

capable of

2 entries

can can get dirty quickly

derived

89 entries

Canner GI can as best as one can as far as one can tell ashcan because one can before one can blink booze can can I smoke can buoy can but hope can deposit can do with can haz can hook can house

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distinct from

1 entries

bottle

etymologically related_to

1 entries

know

has a

1 entries

fruit bowl on

has context

9 entries

cooking defective euphemistic inorganic compound modal auxiliary verb defective nautical slang us verb

is a

4 entries

buoy capsule container containerful

made of

2 entries

aluminium aluminum

manner of

1 entries

preserve

related to

157 entries

ability ability to able able to aluminium aluminium bottle aluminum aluminum container aluminum food aluminum holder aluminum soda baked baked beans be able beans beer

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similar

1 entries

be able to

used for

33 entries

another word for toilet beer carrying icecreams carrying milk carrying soft drinks containing beverages like cola and beer food hold pencils holding beer holding fruits holding green beans holding hairspray holding milk holding paint holding petrol holding soda

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Translations

569 translations across 125 languages.

Akan

1 entries

tumi verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Albanian

4 entries

kanaçe noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
muj verb (to be able to; to know how to)
muj verb (may)
mundem verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

δύναμαι verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Arabic

4 entries

تنكة noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
تنكة noun (a tin-plate canister)
صَفِيحَة noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
صَفِيحَة noun (a tin-plate canister)

Aragonese

4 entries

cachuelo noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
caxoloto noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
caxot noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
cozero noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Armenian

4 entries

անագ noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
կարողանալ verb (to be able to; to know how to)
կարողանալ verb (may)
կրնալ verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Aromanian

1 entries

pot verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Assamese

3 entries

টেমা noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
পাৰা verb (to be able to; to know how to)
পৰা verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Asturian

4 entries

bote noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
lata noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
lata noun (a tin-plate canister)
regadera noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

bacarmaq verb (to be able to; to know how to)
bilmək verb (to be able to; to know how to)
bilmək verb (may)

Basque

1 entries

ahal izan verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Belarusian

4 entries

змагчы́ verb (to be able to; to know how to)
магчы́ verb (to be able to; to know how to)
суме́ць verb (to be able to; to know how to)
уме́ць verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Breton

1 entries

gallout verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Bulgarian

4 entries

консе́рвна кути́я noun (a tin-plate canister)
лейка noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
тенекиена кутия noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
захвърлям verb (to discard)

Burmese

1 entries

နိုင် verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Catalan

4 entries

llauna noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
enllaunar verb (to preserve)
poder verb (to be able to; to know how to)
poder verb (may)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

تەنەکە noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
تەنەکە noun (a tin-plate canister)
قوتو noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
قوتو noun (a tin-plate canister)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏔᎷᎩᏍᎩ noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Chinese

4 entries

會使 /会使 verb (may)
會凍 /会冻 verb (to be able to; to know how to)
會得 /会得 verb (to be able to; to know how to)
會當 /会当 verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

識得 /识得 verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

容器 noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
屁股 noun (buttocks)
罐頭 /罐头 noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
金屬容器 /金属容器 noun (a tin-plate canister)

Cornish

1 entries

gallos verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Czech

4 entries

konev noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
konvice noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
konvička noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
konzerva noun (a tin-plate canister)

Dalmatian

1 entries

potar verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Danish

4 entries

balder noun (buttocks)
dåse noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
dåse noun (a tin-plate canister)
kande noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Dutch

4 entries

blik noun (a tin-plate canister)
blikje noun (a tin-plate canister)
conservenblik noun (a tin-plate canister)
gieter noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Esperanto

4 entries

ladskatolo noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
ladskatolo noun (a tin-plate canister)
necesejo noun (non-offensive slang for toilet — see also toilet)
pispoto noun (non-offensive slang for toilet — see also toilet)

Estonian

4 entries

kann noun (buttocks)
kannid noun (buttocks)
kannikas noun (buttocks)
karp noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Faroese

2 entries

blikk noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kunna verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Finnish

4 entries

kastelukannu noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
purkki noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
säilyketölkki noun (a tin-plate canister)
takamus noun (buttocks)

Franco-Provençal

2 entries

possêr verb (to be able to; to know how to)
povêr verb (to be able to; to know how to)

French

4 entries

WC noun (non-offensive slang for toilet — see also toilet)
arrosoir noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
bidon noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
boule noun (buttocks)

Friulian

2 entries

podê verb (to be able to; to know how to)
podê verb (may)

Gagauz

1 entries

bilmää verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Galician

4 entries

cacharela noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
canada noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
tango noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
tanque noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Gallo

1 entries

póeir verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Georgian

4 entries

თუნუქის noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
კალის noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
შეიძლება verb (may)
შეუძლია verb (to be able to; to know how to)

German

4 entries

Arschbacken noun (buttocks)
Blechdose noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
Blechdose noun (a tin-plate canister)
Gießkanne noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Gilbertese

1 entries

kona verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (to be able to; to know how to)
𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Greek

4 entries

κονσέρβα noun (a tin-plate canister)
κουτάκι noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
δύναμαι verb (to be able to; to know how to)
κονσερβοποιώ verb (to preserve)

Haitian Creole

3 entries

ka verb (to be able to; to know how to)
kab verb (to be able to; to know how to)
kapab verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Hebrew

4 entries

פַּחִית noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
פַּחִית noun (a tin-plate canister)
קופסת שימורים noun (a tin-plate canister)
יָכֹל verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Hindi

3 entries

सकना verb (to be able to; to know how to)
सकना verb (may)
समर्थ होना verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Hungarian

4 entries

doboz noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kanna noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
konzerv noun (a tin-plate canister)
hat verb (may)

Icelandic

3 entries

dós noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
geta verb (to be able to; to know how to)
mega verb (may)

Ido

1 entries

povar verb (may)

Indonesian

4 entries

kaleng noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kaleng noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
kaleng noun (a tin-plate canister)
bisa verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Irish

4 entries

bheith in ann verb (to be able to; to know how to)
féad verb (to be able to; to know how to)
is féidir le verb (to be able to; to know how to)
tig le verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Italian

4 entries

annaffiatoio noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
chiappe noun (buttocks)
lattina noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
scatoletta noun (a tin-plate canister)

Japanese

4 entries

缶 noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
缶 noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
缶 noun (a tin-plate canister)
できる verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Kannada

1 entries

ಬಹುದು verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Kazakh

1 entries

консервілеу verb (to preserve)

Khmer

4 entries

កំប៉ង់ noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
កំប៉ុង noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
បាន verb (to be able to; to know how to)
អាច...បាន verb (may)

Kikuyu

1 entries

mũkebe noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Korean

4 entries

깡통 noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
깡통 noun (a tin-plate canister)
캔 noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
통조림 noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Lao

3 entries

ກະປ່ອງ noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
ອາດຈະ verb (may)
ໄດ້ verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Latin

3 entries

possum verb (to be able to; to know how to)
possum verb (may)
sim verb (may)

Latvian

4 entries

kārba noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
prast verb (to be able to; to know how to)
spēt verb (to be able to; to know how to)
varēt verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Lithuanian

1 entries

galėti verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Livonian

2 entries

mȯistõ verb (to be able to; to know how to)
võidõ verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Low German

1 entries

könen verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

móc verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Luxembourgish

4 entries

Biddong noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
Béchs noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
Béchs noun (a tin-plate canister)
Dous noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Lü

1 entries

ᦺᦡᧉ verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Macedonian

4 entries

канта noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
конзе́рва noun (a tin-plate canister)
кофа noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
лименка noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Malay

4 entries

kaleng noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kupi noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
tin noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
tin noun (a tin-plate canister)

Malayalam

1 entries

കഴിയും verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Maltese

2 entries

forsi verb (may)
seta’ verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Manx

2 entries

jarg verb (to be able to; to know how to)
jarg verb (may)

Marathi

1 entries

कॅन noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Mongolian

4 entries

лааз noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
лааз noun (a tin-plate canister)
цагаан тугалга noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
чадах verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Māori

4 entries

kēna noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kēne noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
tini noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
taea verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Nahuatl

2 entries

tepoztecontli noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
huelīti verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Navajo

2 entries

yadiizíní noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
yadiizíní noun (a tin-plate canister)

Neapolitan

1 entries

putè verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

udjua verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Norman

1 entries

canne noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

North Frisian

3 entries

kan verb (to be able to; to know how to)
koone verb (to be able to; to know how to)
kön verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Norwegian

4 entries

bak noun (buttocks)
boks noun (a tin-plate canister)
do noun (non-offensive slang for toilet — see also toilet)
doskål noun (non-offensive slang for toilet — see also toilet)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

boks noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kanne noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kanne noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

boks noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kanne noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kanne noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Occitan

2 entries

podre verb (to be able to; to know how to)
pòder verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Old English

3 entries

cunnan verb (to be able to; to know how to)
magan verb (to be able to; to know how to)
mōtan verb (may)

Old Frisian

1 entries

kunna verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Old Irish

1 entries

ro verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Old Saxon

2 entries

kunnan verb (to be able to; to know how to)
mugan verb (may)

Old Turkic

1 entries

𐰆 verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Persian

4 entries

قوطی noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
امکان داشتن verb (may)
توانستن verb (to be able to; to know how to)
توانستن verb (may)

Pipil

2 entries

hueli verb (to be able to; to know how to)
weli verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Kaun noun (a tin-plate canister)

Polish

4 entries

bańka noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
dupa noun (buttocks)
kanister noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
konewka noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Portuguese

4 entries

bunda noun (buttocks)
lata noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
lata noun (a tin-plate canister)
regador noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Quechua

1 entries

atiy verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Romanian

3 entries

doză noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
putea verb (to be able to; to know how to)
putea verb (may)

Romansch

3 entries

pudair verb (to be able to; to know how to)
pudeir verb (to be able to; to know how to)
puder verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Russian

4 entries

бидо́н noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
жбан noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
жо́па noun (buttocks)
за́дница noun (buttocks)

Sardinian

4 entries

podere verb (to be able to; to know how to)
podi verb (to be able to; to know how to)
podiri verb (to be able to; to know how to)
pori verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

konne verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cana noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
cana noun (a tin-plate canister)
's urrainn do verb (to be able to; to know how to)
faod verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

moći verb (to be able to; to know how to)
smjeti verb (may)
umeti verb (to be able to; to know how to)
umjeti verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Sicilian

1 entries

putiri verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Slovak

4 entries

kanva noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
kanvica noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
krhla noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
môcť verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Slovene

4 entries

konzerva noun (a tin-plate canister)
pločevinka noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
pločevinka noun (a tin-plate canister)
škropilnica noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Spanish

4 entries

CAN name (Andean Community)
lata noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
lata noun (a tin-plate canister)
regadera noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Swahili

1 entries

kopo noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Swedish

4 entries

burk noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kanna noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
konserv noun (a tin-plate canister)
konservburk noun (a tin-plate canister)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠙꠣꠞꠣ verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Tamil

2 entries

கன்னல் noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
செய்யக்கூடிய verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Thai

4 entries

กระป๋อง noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
กระป๋อง noun (a tin-plate canister)
กระป๋องรดน้ำ noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
ก้น noun (buttocks)

Tibetan

1 entries

ལྕགས་ཊིན་ noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Tocharian B

1 entries

yāt verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Turkish

4 entries

emzikli kova noun (a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)
konserve kutusu noun (a tin-plate canister)
kutu noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
kıç kanadı noun (buttocks)

Tày

1 entries

boóc noun (a tin-plate canister)

Ukrainian

4 entries

вмі́ти verb (to be able to; to know how to)
змогти́ verb (to be able to; to know how to)
зумі́ти verb (to be able to; to know how to)
могти́ verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Urdu

2 entries

سکنا verb (to be able to; to know how to)
سکنا verb (may)

Venetan

1 entries

poder verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Vietnamese

4 entries

lon noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
có lẽ verb (may)
có thể verb (to be able to; to know how to)
có thể verb (may)

Volapük

1 entries

kanön verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Walloon

3 entries

poleur verb (to be able to; to know how to)
saveur verb (to be able to; to know how to)
sawè verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Welsh

4 entries

can noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
cael verb (may)
gallu verb (to be able to; to know how to)
medru verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Yiddish

3 entries

פּושקע noun (a tin-plate canister)
קענדל noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
קענען verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Yup'ik

2 entries

paankaq noun (a tin-plate canister)
yugnga verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Zazaki

1 entries

şikenaene verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Zhuang

3 entries

guenqdaeuz noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
gvandouz noun (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
maenz verb (to be able to; to know how to)

Sample sentences

62 total sentences available.

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Sometimes he can be a strange guy.

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I can only wonder if this is the same for everyone else.

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One can always find time.

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I am a flawed person, but these are flaws that can easily be fixed.

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