Antonyms for cant
kæntcant

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1. cant4

   Antonyms:
   must, be able to, can

2. cantcontraction

   cannot; is unable to; does not have the ability to

   I can't quite get it to work.

   Antonyms:
   can, be able to, must

3. cantcontraction

   To bevel an edge or corner.

   You can't enter the hall without a ticket.

   Antonyms:
   can, be able to, must

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1. cant

   Pretense (Latin prætendo) primarily signifies the holding something forward as having certain rights or claims, whether truly or falsely; in the good sense, it is now rarely used except with a negative; as, there can be no pretense that this is due; a false pretense implies the possibility of a true pretense; but, alone and unlimited, pretense commonly signifies the offering of something for what it is not. Hypocrisy is the false pretense of moral excellence, either as a cover for actual wrong, or for the sake of the credit and advantage attaching to virtue. Cant (Latin cantus, a song), primarily the singsong iteration of the language of any party, school, or sect, denotes the mechanical and pretentious use of religious phraseology, without corresponding feeling or character; sanctimoniousness is the assumption of a saintly manner without a saintly character. As cant is hypocrisy in utterance, so sanctimoniousness is hypocrisy in appearance, as in looks, tones, etc. Pietism, originally a word of good import, is now chiefly used for an unregulated emotionalism; formalism is an exaggerated devotion to forms, rites, and ceremonies, without corresponding earnestness of heart; sham (identical in origin with shame) is a trick or device that puts one to shame, or that shamefully disappoints expectation or falsifies appearance. Affectation is in matters of intellect, taste, etc., much what hypocrisy is in morals and religion; affectation might be termed petty hypocrisy. Compare DECEPTION.

   Antonyms:
   candor, frankness, genuineness, honesty, ingenuousness, openness, sincerity, transparency, truth, truthfulness

   Synonyms:
   affectation, dissimulation, formalism, hypocrisy, pharisaism, pietism, pretense, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sham

Matched Categories

1. • Non-standard Speech
   • Nonsense
   • Talk

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1. buzzword, cantnoun

   stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

   Synonyms:
   slang, camber, chamfer, patois, bevel, vernacular, argot, bank, pious platitude, lingo, buzzword, jargon

2. bank, cant, cambernoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   argot, pious platitude, banking company, money box, banking concern, slang, chamfer, lingo, bank building, coin bank, patois, savings bank, vernacular, bevel, camber, jargon, bank, buzzword, depository financial institution

3. slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacularnoun

   a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

   "they don't speak our lingo"

   Synonyms:
   slang term, bevel, patois, slang, slang expression, vernacular, argot, pious platitude, lingo, camber, buzzword, jargon, chamfer, bank, jargoon

4. cant, pious platitudenoun

   insincere talk about religion or morals

   Synonyms:
   slang, camber, chamfer, patois, bevel, vernacular, argot, bank, pious platitude, lingo, buzzword, jargon

5. bevel, cant, chamferverb

   two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

   Synonyms:
   slang, bevel, camber, chamfer, patois, bevel square, vernacular, argot, bank, pious platitude, lingo, buzzword, jargon

6. cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitchverb

   heel over

   "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

   Synonyms:
   set up, pitch, lean, huckster, lurch, wobble, peddle, vend, tip, slope, careen, shift, tilt, hawk, flip, cant over, monger, deliver, incline, weight, angle, sky, toss, slant, gear

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1. cantnoun

   Synonyms:
   slope, tilt, turn, bias, impulse, prating, idioms, parlance, vocabulary, affected piety, hypocrisy, slang, jargon, lingo, argot

2. cantverb

   Synonyms:
   tilt, tip, incline

How to use cant in a sentence?

1. Yehiya Taleb:

   My salary cant cover my demands. With installments, you can cover a little part of them.

2. Jessie Kim:

   The one thing I want to tell the world about North Korea is that the people living there are ordinary people just like us, i hope we dont forget about the North Korean people who cant even claim their right to life.

3. Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage -RRB- Caussin:

   You were so adult around all of this and I commend the hell out of you because that cant be easy, the triggers and the trauma and all of that --nobody would blame you for going off and shooting from the hip so I commend you for the work that you did and for us, the work that we did around the situation.

4. Greg Genske:

   Both the Rays and The Dodgers were tested again today and their travel back to their home cities will be determined after being approved by the appropriate authorities. The commissioners office said it will consult with the players association as part of its investigation. The union was in the process of gathering facts on the events. Justin Turner hit.307 with four homers and 23 RBIs in the pandemic-shortened season and.293( 17 for 58) with three homers and six RBIs in the postseason, including.320 with a pair of solo homers in World Series. Having a mask on and staying socially distanced, Justin Turner want to come out and take a picture with the trophy, which cant state strongly enough how big of a role hes played in the success of this organization, Andrew Friedman said. But I think for Justin Turner, just being a free agent, not knowing exactly how the future is going to play out. I dont think there was anyone that was going to stop Justin Turner from going out, i think from at least my perspective and not watching it super closely with everything going on, but I think he was mindful of other people, especially other people that he hadnt already been in contact with. This is something that were going to wrap our arms around tonight and in the morning and figure out where were going from here. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Turner, however, was visible on the field without a mask during the celebration. And The Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was nearby, also not wearing a mask. I havent seen the pictures, Andrew Friedman said. If there are people around them without masks, thats not good optics at all. I havent seen them, so The Dodgers hard for me to speak to it specifically.

5. Mohamad Fuzi:

   We cant close off our exits and we don't have any other information apart from the photofit.

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