CANT


Meaning of CANT in English

I. ||cant adjective

Synonyms: lively 1, alert, animate, animated, ||canty, gay, keen, spirited, sprightly, vivacious

II. cant verb

Synonyms: slant 1, heel, incline, lean, list, recline, slope, tilt, tip

III. cant noun

1.

Synonyms: dialect 2, argot, jargon, lingo, patois, patter, slang, vernacular

Related Word: diction, language, phraseology, vocabulary; idiom, speech

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Synonyms: terminology , dictionary, jargon, language, lexicon, palaver, vocabulary

3.

Synonyms: hypocrisy , hypocriticalness, pecksniffery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, Tartuffery, Tartuffism

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