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Synonyms for can

76 synonyms
2 antonyms
5 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

buns nates necessary chimney pot might dot

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Behind

behind, ass, bottom, back-side, seat, butt, bum, tail, buns, fanny, fundament, pratt, stern, tush, rear, derriere, tail-end, posterior, nates, arse vulgar, keister slang, tooshie rare

2. Necessary — A chamber pot. a toilet or lavatory

necessary, pot, bathroom US, stool, potty, head, convenience, piss pot, commode, powder room, lavatory formal, earth closet, throne, water closet UK, comfort station US, chemical toilet, chamber pot, closet, loo, chamber, thunder mug, chimney pot

3. Tin — A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal. A sealed metal container, cylindrical…

tin, tin can, ben

Other

might, jail, dot, lay-off, calaboose rare US AU

Verb

1. Let go

let go, give notice, send away, give the axe informal, fire, force out, give the sack informal, displace, sack, dismiss, terminate, discharge

2. Grok — to know

cognize, cognise UK, ken, grok slang

Other

may, be able to, put up, make silent, stifle, dump, axe UK, ax US, scrap, rear-end

Antonyms

can't, mayn't

All antonyms of can →

Definitions

n. 1
A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal. A sealed metal container, cylindrical or cuboid in form, typically used to store preserved foods.
Soup in a can lasts for years.
n. 2
A chamber pot. a toilet or lavatory.
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
v. 1
To know.
v. 2
To know how to.
She can speak English, French, and German.

Related words

Word family: can-doer canful cannery cannular
Phrases: garbage can trash can spray can aerosol can rattle can can it can't be bothered can of worms

Forms

Plural: cans → behinds, asses, bottoms, back-sides…
Past participle: canned
e.g. canned → fired, displaced, sacked, dismissed…

Example sentences

buns The baker arranged the buns in the display case.
necessary Close observation is necessary for the experiment.
might If it were not for your help, I might have failed.
dot In Lojban, the dot "." is a pause or glottal stop.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
can		rising
buns		rising
nates		falling
necessary		falling
might		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters: ax¹
3 letters: may¹, ass¹, ben¹, pot¹, ken¹, tin¹, dot¹, bum¹, axe¹, loo¹
4 letters: head¹, fire², seat¹, jail¹, rear¹, butt¹, tail¹, dump¹, sack¹, arse¹, buns¹, tush¹, grok
5 letters: might¹, stern¹, scrap¹, pratt¹, fanny², stool¹, potty², nates
6 letters: behind², bottom², throne¹, closet², stifle²
7 letters: chamber², dismiss², commode², keister³, cognize, tooshie, cognise
8 letters: bathroom², displace², lavatory⁴, derriere
9 letters: necessary⁴, discharge², terminate³, posterior³, fundament, calaboose
11 letters: convenience³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: canette
Deutsch: Getränkedose