Cancer

//ˈkænsə//

Synonyms for "cancer" (63 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

growth benign tumor big dipper blast blight callosity callus cancer crab cancerian

Proper Noun(1 words)

crab

Adjective(2 words)

aids cancerous

Noun(1 words)

cancerian

Strong matches (19)

canker carcinoma constellation corn crab cyst disease dry rot excrescence fungosity fungus genus cancer intumescence lichen malignant growth

Noun(4 words)

crab growth lichen malignancy

Related words (31)

Noun(2 words)

malignant neoplastic disease pure cancer

metastatic tumor mildew mold mole morbid growth moth moth and rust mould moulder mouldy must neoplasm nevus nonmalignant tumor outgrowth pest pestilence poison proud flesh rot

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rust sarcoma smut tumor ulcer verruca wart wen worm

Related word relations

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

20 relation types

More general

11 entries

actor constellation doer growth malignant neoplasm malignant tumor metastatic tumor neoplasia neoplasm tumor worker

More specific

8 entries

Derived terms denoting types adenocarcinoma carcinoma leukaemia leukemia lymphoma lymphosarcoma sarcoma

Antonyms

1 entries

capricornus

Synonyms

4 entries

cancerian crab growth lichen

Related terms

12 entries

benignancy cancerization cancerize cancerous canker carcinogen chancre leukemia lymphoma malignancy melanoma precancerous

capable of

4 entries

hurry death kill result in death spread

causes

1 entries

death

coordinate

3 entries

benign neoplasia benign neoplasm benign tumor

dbpedia field

1 entries

oncology

defined as

1 entries

fourth sign of zodiac

derived

127 entries

CancerTok Cancerian Cancri I have cancer Tropic of Cancer abdominal cancer adenocancer anal cancer anti-cancer anticancer bile duct cancer biliary tract cancer black cancer bladder cancer blood cancer bone cancer

Showing 16 of 127 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

chancre

has context

5 entries

astrology disease medicine oncology zodiac constellations

has property

2 entries

bad very dangerous

holonym

2 entries

Milky Way Zodiac

is a

12 entries

academic journal animal arthropod genus constellation disease illness life threatening condition malignant tumor neoplasm condition other cause of death person sign of zodiac

meronym

8 entries

Acubens Al Tarf Asellus Australis Asellus Borealis Kwan Kei Nahn Praesepe Tegmine

part of

1 entries

zodiac

receives action

1 entries

represented by crab

related to

20 entries

cancerization cancerize cancerous canker cell chancre constellation crab damaging disease malignant precancerous proliferation sidereal astrology spread star sign

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Translations

342 translations across 136 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

Kreef name (astrological sign)
kanker noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Albanian

3 entries

Gaforrja name (astrological sign)
kancer noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
uriq i zi noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Amharic

1 entries

ካንሰር noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

Καρκίνος name (constellation)
Καρκίνος name (astrological sign)
καρκίνος noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Arabic

4 entries

اَلسَّرَطَان name (constellation)
اَلسَّرَطَان name (astrological sign)
بُرْج اَلسَّرَطَان name (constellation)
بُرْج اَلسَّرَطَان name (astrological sign)

Aragonese

1 entries

cáncer noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Armenian

4 entries

Խեցգետին name (constellation)
Խեցգետին name (astrological sign)
խլիրդ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
քաղցկեղ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Assamese

2 entries

কৰ্কট noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
কৰ্কট ৰোগ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Asturian

3 entries

Cámbaru name (astrological sign)
Cáncer name (astrological sign)
cáncer noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

Xərçəng name (constellation)
Xərçəng name (astrological sign)
xərçəng noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Basque

4 entries

Cancer name (constellation)
Karramarroa name (constellation)
cancer name (astrological sign)
karramarro name (astrological sign)

Belarusian

2 entries

злая́касная пухлі́на noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
рак noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Bengali

4 entries

কর্কট name (constellation)
কর্কট name (astrological sign)
কর্কটরোগ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
ক্যান্সার noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Bislama

1 entries

kansa noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Breton

2 entries

krankr noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
krign-bev noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Bulgarian

4 entries

Рак name (constellation)
Рак name (astrological sign)
злока́чествен ту́мор noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
рак noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Burmese

4 entries

ကရကဋ် name (constellation)
ကရကဋ် name (astrological sign)
ကင်ဆာ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
ကင်ဆာရောဂါ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Catalan

4 entries

Cranc name (constellation)
Cranc name (astrological sign)
Càncer name (constellation)
Càncer name (astrological sign)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

شێرپەنجە noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏓᏰᏍᎩ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

癌 noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
癌症 noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

巨蟹座 name (constellation)
巨蟹座 name (astrological sign)
癌症 noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Cornish

2 entries

an Kanker name (constellation)
an Kanker name (astrological sign)

Czech

3 entries

Rak name (constellation)
Rak name (astrological sign)
rakovina noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Danish

4 entries

Krebsen name (constellation)
Krebsen name (astrological sign)
krebs noun (Someone with a Cancer star sign)
kræft noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ކެންސަރު noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Dutch

4 entries

Kreeft name (constellation)
Kreeft name (astrological sign)
Kreeft noun (Someone with a Cancer star sign)
kanker noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Erzya

1 entries

цюци noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Esperanto

3 entries

Kankro name (constellation)
Kankro name (astrological sign)
kancero noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Estonian

4 entries

Vähk name (constellation)
Vähk name (astrological sign)
Vähk noun (Someone with a Cancer star sign)
vähktõbi noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Faroese

2 entries

krabbamein noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
krabbi noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Finnish

3 entries

Krapu name (constellation)
Krapu name (astrological sign)
syöpä noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

French

4 entries

Cancer name (constellation)
Cancer name (astrological sign)
Cancer noun (Someone with a Cancer star sign)
cancer noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Friulian

1 entries

cancar noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Galician

4 entries

Cáncer name (constellation)
Cáncer name (astrological sign)
cancro noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
cáncer noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Georgian

2 entries

კირჩხიბი name (astrological sign)
კიბო noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

German

3 entries

Krebs name (constellation)
Krebs name (astrological sign)
Krebs noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Greek

4 entries

Καρκίνος name (constellation)
Καρκίνος name (astrological sign)
καρκίνος noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
καρκίνος noun (Someone with a Cancer star sign)

Greenlandic

1 entries

kræfti noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Gujarati

1 entries

કર્કરોગ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Hebrew

3 entries

סַרְטַן name (constellation)
סַרְטַן name (astrological sign)
סַרְטָן noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Hindi

4 entries

कर्क name (astrological sign)
कर्क तारामंडल name (constellation)
कर्कट name (astrological sign)
केकड़ा name (astrological sign)

Hungarian

3 entries

Rák name (constellation)
Rák (csillagkép) name (astrological sign)
rák noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Icelandic

4 entries

Krabbinn name (constellation)
Krabbinn name (astrological sign)
krabbamein noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
krabbi noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Ido

1 entries

kancero noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Inari Sami

1 entries

puurâs noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Indonesian

3 entries

Kanser name (constellation)
Kanser name (astrological sign)
kanker noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Ingrian

1 entries

raakka noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Interlingua

1 entries

cancere noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Inupiaq

1 entries

nauruaq pigiitchuaq noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Irish

3 entries

an Portán name (constellation)
an Portán name (astrological sign)
ailse noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Italian

3 entries

Cancro name (constellation)
Cancro name (astrological sign)
cancro noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Japanese

4 entries

かに座 name (constellation)
巨蟹宮 name (astrological sign)
蟹座 name (constellation)
癌 noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Javanese

1 entries

ꦥꦸꦫꦸꦲꦪꦭ꧀ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Kalmyk

1 entries

гүлгн noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Kannada

2 entries

ಅರ್ಬುದ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಸರ್ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Kazakh

4 entries

Шаян name (constellation)
Шаян name (astrological sign)
обыр noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
қатерлі ісік noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Khmer

3 entries

កក្កដា name (astrological sign)
កង់ស៊ែរ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
មហារីក noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Korean

3 entries

거해궁 name (astrological sign)
게자리 name (constellation)
암 noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Krio

1 entries

kansa noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

рак noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Lao

1 entries

ມະເຮັງ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Latin

1 entries

cancer noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Latvian

3 entries

Vēzis name (constellation)
Vēzis name (astrological sign)
vēzis noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Lithuanian

2 entries

Vežys name (astrological sign)
vėžys noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Kriibs name (astrological sign)
Kriibs noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Macedonian

4 entries

Рак name (constellation)
рак name (astrological sign)
рак noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
рак noun (Someone with a Cancer star sign)

Malagasy

1 entries

asorotany noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Malay

4 entries

Kanser name (constellation)
Kanser name (astrological sign)
Ketam name (constellation)
Ketam name (astrological sign)

Malayalam

2 entries

അർബുദം noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
കാൻസർ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Maltese

3 entries

Il-Granċ name (astrological sign)
Kanċer name (constellation)
Kanċer name (astrological sign)

Manx

1 entries

kanghyr noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Marathi

3 entries

कर्क name (constellation)
कर्क name (astrological sign)
कर्करोग noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries

go'gwejij noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Mongolian

1 entries

хорт хавдар noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Māori

2 entries

mate pukupuku noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
pukupuku noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Navajo

2 entries

naałdzid noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
łóód doo nádziihii noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Nepali

1 entries

क्यान्सर noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Norman

1 entries

cancèr noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

şêrpence noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Northern Sami

3 entries

boras noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
borasdávda noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
sonahat noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Norwegian

1 entries

kreps noun (Someone with a Cancer star sign)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

Krepsen name (constellation)
Krepsen name (astrological sign)
kreft noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

Krepsen name (constellation)
Krepsen name (astrological sign)
kreft noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Occitan

1 entries

càncer noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Odia

2 entries

କର୍କଟ name (astrological sign)
କର୍କଟ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Old English

3 entries

Crabba name (astrological sign)
crabba name (constellation)
Crabba noun (Someone with a Cancer star sign)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

كشف name (astrological sign)

Pashto

1 entries

سرطان noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Persian

4 entries

خرچنگ name (constellation)
خرچنگ name (astrological sign)
خرچنگ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
سرطان noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Kjräft noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Polish

4 entries

Rak name (constellation)
Rak name (astrological sign)
nowotwór złośliwy noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
rak noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Portuguese

4 entries

Caranguejo name (constellation)
Caranguejo name (astrological sign)
Câncer name (constellation)
Câncer name (astrological sign)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਕਰਕ name (astrological sign)
ਕੈਂਸਰ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Romanian

4 entries

(Constelația) Cancerului name (constellation)
Rac name (astrological sign)
Racului (def.form) name (constellation)
cancer noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Russian

4 entries

Рак name (constellation)
Рак name (astrological sign)
злока́чественная о́пухоль noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
рак noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Samogitian

2 entries

viežīs noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
viežīs noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Sanskrit

4 entries

कर्क name (constellation)
कर्क name (astrological sign)
कर्कट name (constellation)
कर्कट name (astrological sign)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

aillse noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

rȁk noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
ра̏к noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Sicilian

3 entries

cancru noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
càncaru noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
tumuri noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Sinhalese

1 entries

පිළිකා noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Skolt Sami

1 entries

poorrikõpp noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Slovak

2 entries

rak noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
rakovina noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Slovene

3 entries

Rak name (constellation)
Rak name (astrological sign)
rak noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Somali

1 entries

kansar noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Spanish

4 entries

Cáncer name (constellation)
cancro noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
cangro noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
cáncer noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Swahili

4 entries

Kaa name (astrological sign)
Saratani name (astrological sign)
kansa noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
saratani noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Swedish

4 entries

Kräftan name (constellation)
Kräftan name (astrological sign)
cancer noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
kräfta noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Tagalog

3 entries

Alimango name (constellation)
Alimango name (astrological sign)
kanser noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Tajik

1 entries

саратон noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Tamil

1 entries

புற்றுநோய் noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Telugu

4 entries

కర్కటం name (constellation)
కర్కటం name (astrological sign)
కర్కటము name (constellation)
కర్కటము name (astrological sign)

Tetum

1 entries

kankru noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Thai

4 entries

กรกฎ name (constellation)
กรกฎ name (astrological sign)
ปู name (constellation)
มะเร็ง noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Tibetan

1 entries

སྐྲན་ནད noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Tigrinya

1 entries

መንሽሮ noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Tocharian B

1 entries

Aśleṣ name (constellation)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

kensa noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Tumbuka

1 entries

kansa noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Turkish

3 entries

Yengeç name (constellation)
Yengeç name (astrological sign)
kanser noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Turkmen

1 entries

rak noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Udmurt

1 entries

тэльсе noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Ukrainian

4 entries

Рак name (constellation)
Рак name (astrological sign)
злоя́кісна пухли́на noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
рак noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Urdu

4 entries

سرطان name (constellation)
کیکڑا name (constellation)
سَرْطان noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
کَینْسَر noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Uyghur

1 entries

راك noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Uzbek

2 entries

rak noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
saraton noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Venetan

2 entries

cancaro noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
càncaro noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Vietnamese

1 entries

ung thư noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Volapük

1 entries

kanser noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Võro

2 entries

vähk noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
vähktõbi noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Welsh

2 entries

y Cranc name (constellation)
cancr noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Western Apache

1 entries

ka iyáni noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

癌 noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Yiddish

4 entries

די יענע מעשׂה name (astrological sign)
יענע מעשׂה noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
עמעסע מעשׂה noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
ראַק noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Zhuang

1 entries

bingh'aizcwng noun (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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Tiny particles in the air can cause cancer.

Source: tatoeba (18227)

Smokers are far more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers are.

Source: tatoeba (19924)

Smoking has a great deal to do with cancer.

Source: tatoeba (19949)

It's foolish to think that smoking has little to do with cancer.

Source: tatoeba (19950)

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