Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "canon" can be used as noun, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

; abbé curate deacon lore pastor priest rector reverend vicar

Derived Terms

Canon Frome Canon's Marsh Canonbury Canons Park Morgan's canon Stoke Canon canon bit canon bone canon by contrary motion canon event canon law canoness canonic canonical canonicity canonisation canonise canonist canonistic canonization canonize canonlike canonry canonship crab canon deuterocanonical double canon enigma canon enigmatic canon enigmatical canon fanon headcanon infinite canon minor canon mirror canon non-canon noncanonical perpetual canon protocanonical puzzle canon riddle canon soft canon

Etymologically Related To

cane

Inflected/Variant Forms

qanun

Context

billiards cookery fandom printing roman law

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

composition list listing musical composition opus piece piece of music prescript priest ravine rule sacred scripture scripture

Type Of (IsA)

brand of laser copier collected body of work list musical composition priest rule scripture weapon

Related Terms

Canon Frome

Related Terms

accept artillery artillery weapon authentic bell big big gun brand camera camera brand cannon canon regular canonize carom catalogue cathedral chapter church civil civil war clergy collegiate continuity decree ear eucharistic fictional field fillet firepower formerly gun harming harming ships large law literary loin meat melody music old old weapon point prayer prebend principle printing projectiles religious represent roll roman canon roman catholic church round rule saint shank ships size source standardize type universe use voice war weapon work writer

Synonym Network

canyon french canon

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