Antonyms for can
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kan; unstressed kuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : kæn; unstressed kən |
Definition of can
Origin :- Old English 1st & 3rd person singular present indicative of cunnan "know, have power to, be able," (also "to have carnal knowledge"), from Proto-Germanic *kunnan "to be mentally able, to have learned" (cf. Old Norse kenna "to know, make known," Old Frisian kanna "to recognize, admit," German kennen "to know," Gothic kannjan "to make known"), from PIE root *gno- (see know).
- Absorbing the third sense of "to know," that of "to know how to do something" (in addition to "to know as a fact" and "to be acquainted with" something or someone). An Old English preterite-present verb, its original past participle, couth, survived only in its negation (see uncouth), but cf. could. The present participle has spun off as cunning.
- noun container, usually metallic
- noun toilet
- noun buttocks
- verb preserve fruit, vegetable
- verb be able
- verb fire from job
Synonyms for can
- aluminum
- ax
- backside
- be capable of
- be equal to
- be up to
- be within one's area
- be within one's control
- behind
- boot
- bottle
- bounce
- bucket
- butt
- can do
- canister
- cannikin
- cashier
- commit
- could
- cut the mustard
- derrière
- discharge
- dismiss
- expel
- fanny
- fundament
- give the heave ho
- gluteus maximus
- gunboat
- gutbucket
- have it made
- head
- hind end
- jar
- john
- johnny
- keep
- kick out
- latrine
- lavatory
- let go
- lie in one's power
- litter box
- make it
- make out
- make the grade
- manage
- may
- outhouse
- package
- pop top
- posterior
- pot
- potty
- privy
- put up
- receptacle
- restroom
- rump
- sack
- sandbox
- seat
- take care of
- terminate
- throne
- tin
- tush
- vessel
- washroom
- water closet
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