Can

//ˈkæn//

Synonyms for "can" (394 found)

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Closest matches (79)

Strong matches (118)

Related words (197)

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More general

9 entries

More specific

12 entries

Antonyms

5 entries

Synonyms

8 entries

Related terms

4 entries

at location

8 entries

capable of

2 entries

derived

89 entries

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distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has a

1 entries

has context

9 entries

is a

4 entries

made of

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

157 entries

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similar

1 entries

used for

33 entries

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Translations

569 translations across 125 languages.

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

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