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cant
Overview of noun cant
The noun cant has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) buzzword, cant -- (stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition)
2. bank, cant, camber -- (a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force)
3. slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular -- (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo")
4. cant, pious platitude -- (insincere talk about religion or morals)
5. bevel, cant, chamfer -- (two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees)
Overview of verb cant
The verb cant has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch -- (heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cant
5 senses of cant
Sense 1
buzzword, cant
=> nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
bank, cant, camber
=> slope, incline, side
=> geological formation, formation
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
=> non-standard speech
=> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
cant, pious platitude
=> talk, talking
=> conversation
=> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
bevel, cant, chamfer
=> edge
=> side
=> surface
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun cant
2 of 5 senses of cant
Sense 3
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
=> street name
=> rhyming slang
Sense 5
bevel, cant, chamfer
=> splay
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cant
5 senses of cant
Sense 1
buzzword, cant
=> nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
Sense 2
bank, cant, camber
=> slope, incline, side
Sense 3
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
=> non-standard speech
Sense 4
cant, pious platitude
=> talk, talking
Sense 5
bevel, cant, chamfer
=> edge
Antonyms of noun cant
Member Holonyms of noun cant
Substance Holonyms of noun cant
Part Holonyms of noun cant
Member Meronyms of noun cant
Substance Meronyms of noun cant
Part Meronyms of noun cant
Meronyms of noun cant
Holonyms of noun cant
Attributes of noun cant
Derived Forms of noun cant
2 of 5 senses of cant
Sense 2
bank, cant, camber
RELATED TO>(verb) cant#1
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
Sense 5
bevel, cant, chamfer
RELATED TO>(verb) cant#1
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
Domain of noun cant
Domain Terms of noun cant
1 of 5 senses of cant
Sense 3
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
USAGE TERM>(adj) square#6, straight#15
USAGE TERM>(adj) besotted#1, blind drunk#1, blotto#1, crocked#1, cockeyed#3, fuddled#1, loaded#5, pie-eyed#1, pissed#2, pixilated#2, plastered#3, potty#2, slopped#1, sloshed#1, smashed#1, soaked#2, soused#2, sozzled#1, squiffy#1, stiff#7, tiddly#1, tiddley#1, tight#11, tipsy#1, wet#6
USAGE TERM>(adj) can-do#1
USAGE TERM>(adj) freaky#1
USAGE TERM>(adj) uncool#1
USAGE TERM>(adj) grotty#1
USAGE TERM>(adj) some#3
USAGE TERM>(adj) built#3, stacked#2, well-stacked#1
USAGE TERM>(adj) mean#4
USAGE TERM>(adj) bolshy#1, stroppy#1
USAGE TERM>(adj) pint-size#1, pint-sized#1, runty#1, sawed-off#1, sawn-off#1
USAGE TERM>(adj) slam-bang#1
USAGE TERM>(adv) clean#1, plumb#1, plum#2
USAGE TERM>(adv) drop-dead#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) bite#9
USAGE TERM>(noun) heist#1, rip-off#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) shakedown#3
USAGE TERM>(noun) square-bashing#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) shakedown#2
USAGE TERM>(noun) Benzedrine#1, bennie#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) caff#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) Caterpillar#2, cat#6
USAGE TERM>(noun) deck#2
USAGE TERM>(noun) gat#1, rod#6
USAGE TERM>(noun) Mickey Finn#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) nick#2
USAGE TERM>(noun) schlock#1, shlock#1, dreck#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) cert#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) legs#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) cadaver#1, corpse#1, stiff#2, clay#5, remains#2
USAGE TERM>(noun) soup-strainer#1, toothbrush#2
USAGE TERM>(noun) pot#7, potbelly#1, bay window#1, corporation#2, tummy#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) niff#1, pong#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) corker#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) stuff#4, stuff and nonsense#1, hooey#1, poppycock#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) baloney#1, boloney#1, bilgewater#1, bosh#1, drool#1, humbug#1, taradiddle#2, tarradiddle#2, tommyrot#1, tosh#1, twaddle#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) folderol#1, rubbish#2, tripe#2, trumpery#1, trash#3, wish-wash#2, applesauce#2, codswallop#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) skin flick#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) bunfight#1, bun-fight#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) burnup#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) nosh-up#1
USAGE TERM>(noun)'hood#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) Jap#1, Nip#2
USAGE TERM>(noun) airhead#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) baby#2, sister#4
USAGE TERM>(noun) bad egg#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) boffin#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) good egg#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) guvnor#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) old man#5
USAGE TERM>(noun) out-and-outer#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) schlockmeister#1, shlockmeister#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) squeeze#4
USAGE TERM>(noun) tripper#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) wog#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) juice#3
USAGE TERM>(noun) pile#3, bundle#3, big bucks#1, megabucks#1, big money#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) key#5
USAGE TERM>(noun) skinful#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) juice#2
USAGE TERM>(noun) the shits#1, the trots#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) jitters#1, heebie-jeebies#1, screaming meemies#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) bitch#1
USAGE TERM>(noun) bumf#1, bumph#1
USAGE TERM>(verb) give#42
USAGE TERM>(verb) buy it#1, pip out#1
USAGE TERM>(verb) feel#13
USAGE TERM>(verb) hoof#2
USAGE TERM>(verb) chuck#2, ditch#2
USAGE TERM>(verb) bunk off#1, play hooky#1
Familiarity of noun cant
cant used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun cant
5 senses of cant
Sense 1
buzzword, cant
> nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
=> absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness
=> amphigory, nonsense verse
=> balderdash, fiddle-faddle, piffle
=> buzzword, cant
=> cobblers
=> crock
=> fa la, fal la
=> gibberish, gibber
=> incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility
=> jabberwocky
=> mummery, flummery
=> palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric
=> rigmarole, rigamarole
=> shmegegge, schmegegge
=> stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock
=> baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
Sense 2
bank, cant, camber
> slope, incline, side
=> ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
=> bank
=> bank, cant, camber
=> canyonside
=> coast
=> descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
=> escarpment, scarp
=> hillside
=> mountainside, versant
=> ski slope
Sense 3
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
> non-standard speech
=> baby talk, babytalk
=> baby talk, babytalk, motherese
=> dialect, idiom, accent
=> localism
=> regionalism
=> telegraphese
=> vernacular
=> slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
=> slang, slang expression, slang term
Sense 4
cant, pious platitude
> talk, talking
=> cant, pious platitude
=> dialogue, dialog, duologue
=> heart-to-heart
=> shmooze
=> shop talk
=> wind, idle words, jazz, nothingness
=> yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle
Sense 5
bevel, cant, chamfer
> edge
=> bevel, cant, chamfer
=> bezel
=> brim, rim, lip
=> curb, curbing, kerb
=> deckle edge, deckle
=> featheredge
=> knife edge, cutting edge
=> leading edge
=> milling
=> razor edge
=> trailing edge
Meronyms of noun cant
5 senses of cant
Sense 5
bevel, cant, chamfer
=> edge
=> side
=> surface
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun cant
Grep of noun cant
applicant
arc cosecant
arc secant
arccosecant
arcsecant
blechnum spicant
cant
cant dog
cant hook
cantabrian mountains
cantabrigian
cantala
cantaloup
cantaloup vine
cantaloupe
cantaloupe vine
cantata
canteen
canter
canterbury
canterbury bell
canterbury tales
cantering rhythm
cantharellus
cantharellus cibarius
cantharellus cinnabarinus
cantharellus clavatus
cantharellus floccosus
canthus
canticle
canticle of canticles
canticle of simeon
canticles
cantilever
cantilever bridge
cantillation
cantle
canto
canton
canton crepe
canton flannel
canton ginger
canton river
cantonese
cantonese dialect
cantonment
cantor
cantus firmus
communicant
cosecant
descant
desiccant
discant
indicant
intoxicant
inverse cosecant
inverse secant
john tradescant
lubricant
mendicant
secant
supplicant
toxicant
tradescant
vesicant
Antonyms of verb cant
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cant
1 sense of cant
Sense 1
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cant
1 sense of cant
Sense 1
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> cock
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cant
1 sense of cant
Sense 1
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> move
'Cause To' of verb cant
Derived Forms of verb cant
1 sense of cant
Sense 1
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
RELATED TO>(noun) cant#2
=> bank, cant, camber
RELATED TO>(noun) cant#5
=> bevel, cant, chamfer
Domain of verb cant
Domain Terms of verb cant
Familiarity of verb cant
cant used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb cant
1 sense of cant
Sense 1
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb cant
1 sense of cant
Sense 1
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb cant
Sense 1
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> move
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Grep of verb cant
cant
cant over
canter
cantilever
cantillate
canton
decant
descant
recant
scant
Grep of adj cant
cantabile
cantankerous
canted
cantering
cantonal
canty
coruscant
impeccant
insignificant
intoxicant
mendicant
nonsignificant
peccant
scant
significant
supplicant
toxicant
vacant
vesicant
Grep of adv cant
cantankerously
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