Cant

//kænt//

Synonyms for "cant" (243 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Verb(1 words)
cant over

Strong matches (73)

Noun(2 words)
cornercryptolect

Related words (121)

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Verb(3 words)
pitchslanttilt
Proper Noun(1 words)
shelta

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8 relation types

More general

13 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

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has context

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is a

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

155 translations across 24 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • ծածկալեզու noun (secret language)

Assamese

2 entries
  • ঠাৰ noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • ঠাৰ noun (secret language)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • жарго́н noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • лицеме́рие noun (hypocritical talk)
  • наклон noun (angle at which something is set)
  • преобръщане noun (movement that overturns)

Catalan

1 entries
  • argot noun (secret language)

Czech

4 entries
  • mumlání žebráků noun (whining speech, such as that used by beggars)
  • náklon noun (angle at which something is set)
  • náklon noun (an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt)
  • pokrytecké fráze noun (hypocritical talk)

Danish

3 entries
  • floskler noun (hypocritical talk)
  • jargon noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • tomme fraser noun (hypocritical talk)

Dutch

4 entries
  • Bargoens noun (secret language)
  • bedelaarsgekerm noun (whining speech, such as that used by beggars)
  • boeventaal noun (secret language)
  • helling noun (angle at which something is set)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • kaŝlingvo noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • kriptolekto noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • sekreta lingvo noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hurskastelu noun (hypocritical talk)
  • höpöpuhe noun (hypocritical talk)
  • jargon noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • kallistus noun (angle at which something is set)

French

4 entries
  • argot noun (secret language)
  • armes parlantes noun (heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms)
  • blabla noun (hypocritical talk)
  • lamentation noun (whining speech, such as that used by beggars)

Galician

2 entries
  • barallete noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • barellete noun (secret language)

German

4 entries
  • Fachsprache noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • Gaunersprache noun (secret language)
  • Jargon noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • Phrase noun (hypocritical talk)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • argó noun (secret language)
  • billentés noun (movement that overturns)
  • billenés noun (movement that overturns)
  • csibésznyelv noun (secret language)

Italian

4 entries
  • arma parlante noun (heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms)
  • cantilena noun (whining speech, such as that used by beggars)
  • codice noun (secret language)
  • gergo noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 偽善的な言い方 noun (hypocritical talk)
  • 傾斜 noun (angle at which something is set)
  • 口先だけの言葉 noun (hypocritical talk)
  • 斜面 noun (angle at which something is set)

Korean

4 entries
  • 변말 noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • 비속어 noun (secret language)
  • 상말 noun (secret language)
  • 속어 [俗語] noun (secret language)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • жа́ргон noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • лицеме́рие noun (hypocritical talk)
  • на́клон noun (angle at which something is set)
  • преврту́вање noun (movement that overturns)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • hykling noun (hypocritical talk)
  • klaging noun (whining speech, such as that used by beggars)
  • sjargong noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • sutrestemme noun (whining speech, such as that used by beggars)

Polish

1 entries
  • żargon noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • criptoleto noun (secret language)
  • código noun (secret language)
  • jargão noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)

Russian

4 entries
  • блатно́й язы́к noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • жарго́н noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • лицеме́рие noun (hypocritical talk)
  • нытьё noun (whining speech, such as that used by beggars)

Spanish

4 entries
  • argot noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)
  • argot noun (secret language)
  • coa noun (secret language)
  • jerga noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)

Swedish

4 entries
  • floskler noun (hypocritical talk)
  • klyschor noun (hypocritical talk)
  • talande vapen noun (heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms)
  • tomma fraser noun (hypocritical talk)

Turkish

1 entries
  • jargon noun (jargon of a particular class or subgroup)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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That's thieves' cant.

Source: tatoeba (43095)

Gay people in Britain used to speak a cant called Polari.

Source: tatoeba (10352307)

Ganovim-loshn was a Yiddish thieves' cant.

Source: tatoeba (10463297)

He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.

Source: wiktionary

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