All cant synonyms
cant
C c verb cant
- slope β to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
- bevel β a surface that meets another at an angle other than a right angle
- recline β to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
- angle β An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
- incline β to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
- grade β a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- tilt β to furnish with a tilt.
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- list β Friedrich [free-drik] /Λfri drΙͺk/ (Show IPA), 1789β1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany.
- tip β Eugene (Gladstone) 1888β1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
- careen β To careen somewhere means to rush forward in an uncontrollable way.
- heel β a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
- lean β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- slant β to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
noun cant
- deceit β Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
- dishonesty β lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
- pomposity β the quality of being pompous.
- pretence β pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pretense β pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pretentiousness β characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- sanctimoniousness β making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
- sanctimony β pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- show β to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- pecksniffery β hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- jargon β a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- lingo β the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual: gamblers' lingo.
- slang β a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
- argot β An argot is a special language used by a particular group of people, which other people find difficult to understand.
- patois β a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- vernacular β (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
- blather β If someone is blathering on about something, they are talking for a long time about something that you consider boring or unimportant.
- dialect β A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- diction β Someone's diction is how clearly they speak or sing.
- idiom β an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- language β a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- patter β to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
- phraseology β manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- vocabulary β the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons: His French vocabulary is rather limited. The scientific vocabulary is constantly growing.
- hypocrisy β a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- insincerity β the quality of being insincere; lack of sincerity; hypocrisy; deceitfulness.
- humbug β something intended to delude or deceive.
- lip service β insincere expression of friendship, admiration, support, etc.; service by words only: He paid only lip service to the dictator.
- tokenism β the practice or policy of making no more than a token effort or gesture, as in offering opportunities to minorities equal to those of the majority.