Definition for Cant:

• To turn on the edge or corner: to tilt or toss suddenly.

Synonyms for Cant:

• n.

  •
  • dishonesty,
  • deception,
  • corruption,
  • smoke and mirrors,
  • duplicity,
  • guile,
  • humbug,
  • deceit,
  • foul play,
  • misconduct.
  •
  • rake,
  • heel,
  • rise,
  • straight.
  •bevel (noun)
  • bevel.
  •beveled (noun)
  • beveled.
  •buzzword (noun)
  • fuzzword,
  • doublespeak,
  • mediaspeak,
  • policyspeak.
  •cant (noun)
  • chamfer,
  • cant over,
  • inclined,
  • pious platitude.
  •dialect (noun)
  • localisms,
  • regionalisms,
  • provincialisms.
  •gobbledygook (noun)
  • amphigories.
  •grade (noun)
  • de-scent,
  • inclined planes,
  • up grade,
  • de scents,
  • up-grades,
  • de-scents,
  • up grades,
  • de scent.
  •hocus-pocus (noun)
  • Hocus,
  • nonsense,
  • incantation,
  • magic words,
  • Hocuspocus,
  • Occultism,
  • gobbledegook,
  • mummery,
  • Mummeries,
  • magic word.
  •hypocrisy (noun)
  • dis-honesty,
  • dis-play,
  • false professions,
  • dis-honesties,
  • doubledealing,
  • in-sincerities,
  • dis-plays,
  • dissimulations,
  • dis honesties,
  • dissemblings,
  • dis plays,
  • in sincerity,
  • dis-simulations,
  • dis play,
  • in-sincerity,
  • glibnesses,
  • pharisaicalnesses,
  • dis-simulation,
  • dis honesty,
  • dis simulations,
  • dis simulation,
  • bad faiths,
  • unctuousnesses,
  • in sincerities.
  •hypocritical statement (noun)
  • pretense,
  • pomposity,
  • insincerity,
  • sham holiness,
  • pretentiousness,
  • affected piety,
  • pecksniffery,
  • lip service,
  • show,
  • pious platitudes.
  •pitch (noun)
  • de grees,
  • steepnesses,
  • de-gree,
  • de gree,
  • de-grees.
  •sag (noun)
  • fall offs,
  • sinkages,
  • fall-offs,
  • downtrends,
  • falloffs.
  •sham (noun)
  • hypocriticalnesses,
  • pre tenses,
  • hypo-criticalnesses,
  • pre-tense,
  • puton,
  • pre texts,
  • pre-texts,
  • pre tense,
  • pre text,
  • pre-text,
  • pre-tends,
  • hypo-criticalness,
  • pseudi,
  • hypo criticalnesses,
  • pre tend,
  • pre tends,
  • hypo criticalness,
  • fakeries.
  •slang (noun)
  • informal speeches,
  • slanguage street talks.
  •sleight of hand (noun)
  • hocus-pocus.
  •slope (noun)
  • de flection,
  • rising grounds,
  • obliquenesses,
  • de-flection,
  • de flections,
  • de-flections.
  •talk (noun)
  • in-sinuation,
  • idle talks,
  • in-sinuations.
  •two-facedness (noun)
  • two facedness,
  • twofacedness.
  •vernacular (noun)
  • jive talks,
  • native tongues.
  •vocabulary (noun)
  • word-hoards,
  • word-stocks,
  • wordstock,
  • word stocks,
  • word hoards,
  • word hoard,
  • wordstocks,
  • wordbooks,
  • wordhoards.

• v.

  •propel (verb)
  • sling,
  • bunt,
  • launch,
  • compel,
  • chuck,
  • bowl,
  • push,
  • goad,
  • pelt,
  • lob,
  • ram,
  • fire,
  • cast,
  • precipitate,
  • fling,
  • flick,
  • drive,
  • hurl,
  • propel,
  • thrust,
  • impel,
  • butt,
  • shove,
  • catapult,
  • shunt,
  • heave,
  • project,
  • prod,
  • toss.
  •recline (verb)
  • are recumbent,
  • lays down,
  • re clines,
  • wast recumbent,
  • art recumbent,
  • re cline,
  • re-cline,
  • am recumbent,
  • stretching out,
  • was recumbent,
  • were recumbent,
  • wert recumbent,
  • being recumbent,
  • re-clines,
  • is recumbent.
  •slant (verb)
  • de scending,
  • de-scends,
  • lies obliquely,
  • de-scended,
  • lied obliquely,
  • lying obliquely,
  • de-scend,
  • de scends,
  • de-scending,
  • lay obliquely,
  • de scended,
  • de scend.
  •slope (verb)
  • dropping away,
  • dropped away,
  • drops away,
  • dropt away.
  •throw (verb)
  • dis-lodged,
  • over-turning,
  • un horses,
  • de-livering,
  • de liver,
  • flinging off,
  • un seated,
  • de-liver,
  • dis lodged,
  • dis-lodges,
  • un horsed,
  • up-sets,
  • letted fly,
  • un horse,
  • over whelming,
  • dis charged,
  • dis charges,
  • dis-charged,
  • flings off,
  • over-whelmed,
  • flung off,
  • lets fly,
  • up sets,
  • un-horsed,
  • letting fly,
  • over turning,
  • lapidating,
  • up-set,
  • letted go,
  • dis lodging,
  • un-horsing,
  • up-setting,
  • de livers,
  • dis lodge,
  • over-turn,
  • over turns,
  • over-whelm,
  • un-horse,
  • dis-lodging,
  • up setting,
  • de livered,
  • dis-charging,
  • over whelm,
  • dis-charge,
  • over whelms,
  • de-livers,
  • dis charging,
  • un-seating,
  • dis charge,
  • over whelmed,
  • un-seated,
  • un seating,
  • dis lodges,
  • de-livered,
  • dis-charges,
  • un horsing,
  • over-whelming,
  • de livering,
  • un seat,
  • dis-lodge,
  • un-seat,
  • un-horses,
  • over-whelms.
  •tilt (verb)
  • sets an angle,
  • setting angle,
  • setting at an angle,
  • sets angle,
  • set angle,
  • sets at an angle,
  • sets at angle,
  • setting at angle,
  • set an angle,
  • set at angle,
  • setting an angle.
  •tip (verb)
  • toppling over,
  • up-turns,
  • up-turned,
  • un-loads,
  • up turning,
  • un loads,
  • toppled over,
  • up-ends,
  • up-ended,
  • up turns,
  • up-ending,
  • over setting,
  • un load,
  • up-turn,
  • un loading,
  • over-set,
  • up ends,
  • up ending,
  • up-turning,
  • over-sets,
  • un-load,
  • Oversetting,
  • oversets,
  • over-setting,
  • up turned,
  • top pled,
  • over sets,
  • up ended,
  • un loaded,
  • topples over.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • idiom,
  • terminology.
  •recline
  • stretch out,
  • laid down,
  • recline,
  • stretched out,
  • laying down,
  • lay down,
  • be recumbent.

Paraphrases for Cant:

• Independent

  • Adverb
    ca.

Antonyms for Cant:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    ingenuousness, vertical, level, candor, transparency.

• n.

  • hypocritical statement
    openness, sincerity, standard, honesty, truthfulness, reality, truth, frankness.

• v.

  • lean, slant
    straighten.

Cant Sentence Examples:

• The superb pictures in the house are a silent protest against the cant of progress.

• She's very clear - headed, sharp, and clever; a hater of humbug, a despiser of cant.

Homophones for Cant:

• Can't, kant, kandt.

Hypernym for Cant:

• v.

  • motion
    cock.

Hyponym for Cant:

• v.

  • motion
    move.