Word Meanings - CANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight. (more info) round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. cant the stake or tire of a 1. A corner; angle; niche. The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed

Additional info about word: CANT

A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight. (more info) round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. cant the stake or tire of a 1. A corner; angle; niche. The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant. B. Jonson. 2. An outer or external angle. 3. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. Totten. 4. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CANT)

• Jargon
• Gibberish
• jangle
• slang
• cant
• lingo
• patois
• confused talk

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CANT)

• Agree
• accord
• concur

Related words: (words related to CANT)

• ACCORD
  1. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks. My heart accordeth with my tongue. Shak. Thy actions to thy words accord. Milton. 2. To agree in pitch and tone.
• SLANGINESS
  Quality of being slangy.
• CONFUSIVE
  Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall.
• CONCURRENCE
  1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke. 2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion;
• JARGON
  A variety of zircon. See Zircon.
• CONFUS
  Confused, disturbed. Chaucer.
• ACCORDANCY
  Accordance. Paley.
• ACCORDANTLY
  In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.
• ACCORDER
  One who accords, assents, or concedes.
• ACCORDINGLY
  1. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. 2. In natural sequence; consequently; so. Syn. -- Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. -- Accordingly, Consequently, indicate
• JANGLERESS
  A female prater or babbler.
• CONFUSE
  1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused.
• LINGOT
  A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget.
• CONFUSABILITY
  Capability of being confused.
• AGREER
  One who agrees.
• ACCORDMENT
  Agreement; reconcilement. Gower.
• ACCORDING
  Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. "This according voice of national wisdom." Burke. "Mind and soul according well." Tennyson. According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat.
• CONCURRING
  Agreeing. Concurring figure , one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which correspondends with another in all its parts.
• CONFUSEDNESS
  A state of confusion. Norris.
• JARGONELLE
  A variety of pear which ripens early.
• DISAGREEABLENESS
  The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
• SHAGREEN; SHAGREENED
  Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen. (more info) 1. Made or covered with the leather called shagreen. "A shagreen case of lancets." T. Hook.
• SHAGREEN
  To chagrin.
• DISAGREER
  One who disagrees. Hammond.
• BON-ACCORD
  Good will; good fellowship; agreement.
• BAGREEF
  The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails. Ham. Nav. Encyc.