cannon

The word “cannon” has 2 syllables: can-non

It's pronounced as /ˈkænən/

What is synonym and antonym for cannon?

In the thesaurus, “cannon” has 51 synonyms and 6 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for cannon along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for cannon

Big Bertha
Long Tom
ambuscade
ambush
assail
assault
attack
barrage
batter
beleaguer
beset
besiege
blitz
bomb
bombard
buffet
bum-rush
bushwhack
cannonade
charge
foray
harry
heavy artillery
howitzer
invade
loot
mob
mortar
mug
nuke
ordnance
overrun
pillage
plaster
plunder
press
raid
ravage
rob
rush
sack
set on
sic
sick
storm
strike
surprise
surprize
swarm
trash
waylay

Antonyms for cannon

cover
defend
guard
protect
secure
shield

Meanings of cannon

noun
1. A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
2. Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
3. A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
4. A cannon bit.
5. A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
6. A carom.
7. The arm of a player that can throw well.
8. A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
9. (Chinese chess) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.
10. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
11. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
12. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
13. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
14. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
15. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
16. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
17. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
18. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
19. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius.
20. Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
21. A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
22. A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
23. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
24. A carom.
25. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
26. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
27. A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.
verb
1. To bombard with cannons.
2. To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball.
3. To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
4. To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.

Example Sentences

The soldiers fired the cannon at the enemy’s fortifications.
A cannon was placed on the hill to defend the town.
The old pirate ship had a row of bronze cannon on its deck.
He admired the historical cannon at the museum.
The cannon roared as it was fired during the battle reenactment.

On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cannon, such as: Big Bertha, Long Tom, ambuscade, ambush, assail, assault, attack.

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