Cant

/kænt/

Synonyms for "cant" (261 found)

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Closest matches (53)

about shipaesopian languageaffectation affectedness alert angle angularity animate animated apex argot ascend babble babelback and fillbankbe hypocriticalbear awaybear offbear to starboard

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beatbeat aboutbend bifurcation bight blandishbox offbreak brightbring aboutbring roundcant roundcareen castcast aboutchange coursechange the headingchevron cipher climb code coin colloquializecome about

Noun(8 words)

argot argots bank bevel buzzword cambercant anglechamfer

Verb(1 words)

cant over

Strong matches (78)

corner crank crook crotchet cryptogram decline deflection descend dialect diction dictionary dip doglegdouble a pointdouble dutchdrop elbow ellempty gesturefall

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fall awayfall offfalse pietyfalsenessfetch aboutfork furcation garble gay gibberishgift of tonguesgive lip servicegive mouth honorglossolaliago aboutgo downhillgo uphillgobbledygook goody-goodiness grade greek gybeheave roundheel hook humbug hypocrisy hypocriticalness idiom inclination incline inflection insincerity jargon jargonize jibejibe all standingjumble keel keen kneellanguagelay downlean leaningleaning towerlexiconlie along

Noun(9 words)

gammon heeling hypocrisy inclination incline jargonlatin inclinareleanings lecture

Related words (130)

lingolip servicelist lively mealymouthednessmiss staysmouth mouthingmumbo jumbomummery noise nook oilinessostentatious devotionpalaver patois patter pecksniffery pharisaicalness pharisaism

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phraseology pidgin pietism pietisticalness piety piousness pitchplay the hypocriteply point pretensionput aboutput backquoin rake reclinereek of pietyreligionism religiosityrender lip serviceretreat riseround a pointsanctimoniousness sanctimony scatology scramblesecret languageseesaw self-righteousness sham sheer shelve shift shop sidle slang slant slew slope snivel snuffle snufflingsoft soapsoft-soap speak speech spirited sprightly swag swaysweet talksweet-talk swerveswing roundswing the sterntaboo languagetack talk tartuffery tartuffism terminologythrow abouttilt tip tokenismtower of pisaturnturn backunction unctuousness upriseuse languageveer vernacular vertex vivacious vocabularyvulgar languagewearwear shipwind yaw zag zig zigzag

Noun(21 words)

lingo lingoes lingos list lists moralizemoralizing languagepatoispious platitudepious talkpontificate preach sanctimony skews slang slant slanting slopestreet slangtilt

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vernacular

Verb(3 words)

pitch slant tilt

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

22 entries

action bunk communication discourse edgegeometric propertyhokum incline language meaninglessness move movementnon-standard speechnonsense nonsensicality rhetoric

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More specific

9 entries

moralizing cantmoralizing talkpious discoursepreachy rhetoricrailway cantreligious cantroad cantslanting tilting

Collocations

11 entries

barrel cantcant angleleft cantmoralizing cantpolitical cantrailway cantreligious cantright canttilt angletrack cantutter cant

Inflections

3 entries

canted canting cants

Derivations

3 entries

canted canting cants

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.

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Ganovim-loshn was a Yiddish thieves' cant.

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

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