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noun (1)

plural of cant
as in inclines
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon a steep cant of the riverbank at that turn in the river

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cants

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noun (2)

plural of cant
as in dialects
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field the colorful cant used by movie producers and publicity agents in Hollywood

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cants

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cant
as in tilts
to set or cause to be at an angle carefully canted the ladder against the wall

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Recent Examples of cants
Noun
The fairway cants to the right. — ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cants
  1. inclines
  2. dialects
  3. tilts
  4. slopes
  5. terminologies
  6. angles
  7. inclinations
  8. vocabularies
Noun
  • Lemmo With this kind of kit, the Lemmo 3 should be up to the task of tackling steep inclines and all manner of rough terrain.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Cows amble in the distance along the inclines of meadows; their grazing helps control invasive plants.
    — Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of inclines
Noun
  • Documenting many varieties is a way to not just share the language, but to illustrate how dialects of Pennsylvania Dutch differ and maybe even fill in each other’s gaps.
    — Eythana Miller, The Dial, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Italy is a unique country where every city has its own identity, architecture, traditions, flavors, dialects and even different ways of life.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of dialects
Verb
  • But others said the survey often tilts toward conservative candidates, which is different than the nonpartisan polls run by the three universities.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
  • According to Song, this system captures the energy naturally generated whenever the massive pile frame lowers or tilts, converting that potential energy into recyclable electricity.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of tilts
Noun
  • To walk deep into the mountain forests at the doorstep of the Rocky Mountains, is to encounter the fragrant majesty of century-old ponderosa pine trees famous for lining ski slopes, National Park trails and residential neighborhoods.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • On a hot Saturday, Pawlikowski and I revisited those heights—the slopes from which, for almost four years, starting in the spring of 1992, Serbian artillery pounded Sarajevo, which lies vulnerably cupped in the valley below.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of slopes
Noun
  • That requires someone who can teach those ideas and terminologies to players who learn in different ways and at different speeds.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of terminologies
Verb
  • Adapting to the 20,000-seat Garden, Styles’s stage is a more streamlined semi-circle that still angles for maximum access, plus a little pop.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Outdoor curtains lend some privacy while providing a bit of shade when the sun angles in at sunrise and sunset.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 23 June 2026
Definition of angles
Noun
  • And a lot of the time, people who have these kinds of inclinations towards children are people who were children who were abused themselves.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The trustees feared that if something happened to him, his heir apparent, Robert Kahn, would replace him, and it was known that Kahn had Zionistic inclinations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of inclinations
Noun
  • Yet a 2023 Stanford study said that Pangram was biased against non-native English speakers, who might have more limited vocabularies, and many AI researchers contend that such detectors are unreliable.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Chinese law schools have accordingly placed greater weight on teaching Chinese students to argue using the vocabularies of foreign legal systems.
    — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
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“Cants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cants. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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