canted
The word “canted” has 2 syllables: cant-ed
It's pronounced as /ˈkæn.tɪd/
What is synonym and antonym for canted?
In the thesaurus, “canted” has 46 synonyms and 13 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for canted along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for canted
- absurd
- angled
- askance
- askant
- asymmetrical
- awry
- banked
- bent
- cam
- cant
- cocked
- crazy
- crooked
- cross-eyed
- declined
- descended
- deviated
- diagonal
- graded
- heeled
- inclined
- leaned
- leaning
- listed
- listing
- lopsided
- ludicrous
- nonsensical
- oblique
- pitched
- preposterous
- raked
- reclined
- retreated
- slant
- slanted
- slantwise
- sloped
- sloping
- squint
- strabismic
- swerved
- tilted
- tilting
- tipped
- veered
Antonyms for canted
- evened
- flattened
- horizontal
- level
- leveled
- levelled
- parallel
- perpendicular
- plumb
- straight
- straightened
- up-and-down
- vertical
Meanings of canted
- verb
- To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
- To speak in set phrases.
- To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
- Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
- To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
- To set (something) at an angle.
- To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
- To bevel an edge or corner.
- To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
- To divide or parcel out.
- adjective
- Having angles.
- Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
Example Sentences
- The picture frame was slightly canted to the left.
- He canted his head, trying to understand the strange noise.
- The roof was canted to allow rainwater to drain off easily.
- She canted the mirror to catch more light.
- The photographer canted the camera for a dramatic angle.
On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to canted, such as: absurd, angled, askance, askant, asymmetrical, awry, banked.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
oblique
- angled
- askew
- aslant
- asymmetric
- asymmetrical
- atilt
- awry
- backhanded
- bent
- cant
- canted
- circuitous
- circular
- circumlocutory
- cock-a-hoop
- cockeyed
- collateral
- contorted
- crazy
- crooked
- devious
- diagonal
- disordered
- distorted
- diverging
- graded
- implied
- inclined
- inclining
- irregular
- leaning
- listing
- lopsided
- obliquitous
- obscure
- off plumb
- off-kilter
- on the bias
- out of plumb
- pitched
- raked
- roundabout
- sidelong
- sideway
- sideways
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- skewed
- slant
- slanted
- slanting
- slantwise
- sloped
- sloping
- tilted
- tilting
- tipped
- tipping
- twisting
- unbalanced
- uneven
- unsymmetrical
- vague
abrupt
- angled
- artless
- bluff
- blunt
- bold
- brief
- brusk
- brusque
- candid
- canted
- closemouthed
- coarse
- cocked
- craggy
- crass
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- curt
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- discourteous
- disrespectful
- downright
- earnest
- forthright
- foursquare
- frank
- free-spoken
- gruff
- hasty
- heeled
- hillocky
- hilly
- honest
- hurried
- impertinent
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- improbable
- inclined
- inconsiderate
- insensitive
- jerky
- laconic
- listed
- low
- matter-of-fact
- mountainous
- open
- outspoken
- perpendicular
- plain
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- plumb
- point-blank
- precipitate
- precipitous
- quick
- reserved
- reticent
- rough
- rude
- rushing
- scarped
- sheer
- short
- short-spoken
- sincere
- slanted
- sloped
- snappish
- snappy
- snippy
- startling
- steep
- straight
- straight-out
- straightforward
- sudden
- surprising
- tactless
- terse
- tight-lipped
- tilted
- tipped
- unanticipated
- unceremonious
- uncivil
- uncouth
- undiplomatic
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- ungracious
- unintended
- unlikely
- unlooked-for
- unplanned
- vertical
- vulgar
fallen
- abated
- alleviated
- angled
- asleep
- backslid
- backslidden
- bitten the dust
- bombed
- bought it
- bought the farm
- bowed
- bowed out
- breached
- breathless
- broken
- broken the law
- buckled
- canted
- capitulated
- casualty
- checked out
- cocked
- cold
- collapsed
- compressed
- conceded
- condensed
- constricted
- consumed
- contracted
- crashed
- cratered
- croaked
- crumpled
- de-escalated
- dead
- decayed
- deceased
- declined
- decreased
- deflated
- defunct
- demised
- departed
- descended
- died
- diminished
- dipped
- disappeared
- dishonored
- dived
- dove
- dried up
- drooped
- dropped
- dwindled
- dying
- eased
- ebbed
- ended
- erred
- evaporated
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- faded
- fading
- failed
- fallen away
- fallen from grace
- faltered
- finished
- flagged
- flatlined
- flopped
- flumped
- flunked
- folded
- forfeited
- foundered
- free-fell
- given out
- given up
- given up the ghost
- gone
- handed over
- heeled
- immoral
- inanimate
- inclined
- infringed
- insensate
- keeled
- kicked in
- kicked off
- kicked the bucket
- killed
- knuckled under
- lapsed
- late
- leaned
- lessened
- let up
- lifeless
- listed
- loose
- lost
- low
- lowered
- messed up
- missed
- moderated
- moribund
- nonliving
- nose-dived
- offended
- palled
- parted
- passed away
- pegged out
- perished
- phased down
- plonked
- plopped
- plummeted
- plunged
- plunked
- popped off
- precipitated
- predeceased
- receded
- reclined
- relaxed
- relented
- relinquished
- remitted
- retreated
- ruinous
- shaken
- shamed
- shrunk
- shrunken
- sinful
- sinned
- skidded
- slackened
- slain
- slanted
- slaughtered
- slid
- slipped
- sloped
- snuffed it
- stepped out
- stillborn
- strayed
- stricken out
- struck out
- stumbled
- submitted
- subsided
- succumbed
- sunk
- surrendered
- taken the count
- tanked
- tapered
- tapered off
- terminated
- thrown
- tilted
- tipped
- toppled
- transgressed
- trespassed
- tripped
- tumbled
- unchaste
- vanished
- violated
- wandered
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- washed out
- weakened
- wiped out
raked
- ascertained
- audited
- browsed
- cant
- canted
- combed
- descried
- detected
- determined
- diagonal
- discovered
- dredged
- examined
- explored
- found
- found out
- frisked
- got
- graded
- inclined
- inspected
- investigated
- leaning
- learned
- listing
- located
- looked over
- oblique
- patted down
- perused
- pitched
- probed
- prospected
- ran down
- ransacked
- reviewed
- rifled
- rummaged
- scanned
- scared up
- scoured
- scrutinized
- searched
- shook down
- skirmished
- slant
- slanted
- slantwise
- sloped
- sloping
- snooped
- studied
- surveyed
- tilted
- tilting
- trolled
sank
- abase
- abased
- abashed
- abate
- abated
- abridged
- affronted
- angled
- atrophied
- attenuated
- bad-mouthed
- be reduced to
- belittled
- bemean
- blurred
- bore
- bottled up
- bridled
- bring down
- broke
- broke down
- canted
- capsize
- cast down
- castigated
- cave in
- censured
- chastened
- cheapened
- checked
- cleared
- cocked
- collapse
- compressed
- condemned
- confounded
- confused
- contained
- contracted
- controlled
- corrupted
- couch
- crashed
- cratered
- cried down
- criticized
- crumbled
- curbed
- damned
- de-escalated
- debase
- debased
- debilitated
- decay
- decayed
- decline
- declined
- decomposed
- decrease
- decreased
- decried
- defamed
- defiled
- deflated
- degenerate
- degenerated
- degrade
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- dematerialized
- demean
- demeaned
- demit
- demonetized
- denounced
- depreciate
- depreciated
- depress
- depressed
- descend
- descended
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- detracted
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- devalued
- devolved
- die
- dig
- dilapidated
- diminish
- diminished
- dimmed
- dip
- dipped
- disappear
- disappeared
- discomfited
- disconcerted
- discounted
- discountenanced
- discredited
- disgraced
- dishonored
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- disintegrated
- disparaged
- dispersed
- dissipated
- dissolved
- dived
- dove
- downgraded
- downsized
- dried up
- drill
- drive
- droop
- drooped
- drop
- dropped
- dropped out of sight
- drown
- dwindle
- dwindled
- ebb
- ebbed
- emaciated
- embarrassed
- engulf
- evanesced
- evaporated
- excavate
- execrated
- fade
- faded
- fail
- failed
- fall
- fazed
- fell
- flag
- flagged
- fled
- flew
- flounder
- flustered
- force down
- fouled
- founder
- go down
- go downhill
- go to the bottom
- governed
- heeled
- held back
- humbled
- humiliate
- humiliated
- immerse
- inclined
- insulted
- lagged
- languished
- lapse
- lay
- leaned
- lessen
- lessened
- let down
- let up
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- libelled
- listed
- lower
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- maligned
- managed
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- moderated
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- mortified
- muffled
- nonplused
- nonplussed
- nose-dived
- overturn
- overwhelm
- plummet
- plummeted
- plunge
- plunged
- pocketed
- put down
- putrefied
- quashed
- quelled
- ram
- ran down
- ran to seed
- rattled
- receded
- reclined
- reduced
- regress
- regressed
- relapse
- reprehended
- repressed
- reprobated
- retreated
- retrograde
- retrograded
- retrogress
- ridiculed
- rot
- rotted
- run
- sag
- sagged
- scuttle
- set
- settle
- shamed
- shipwreck
- shrank
- shrunk
- skidded
- slandered
- slanted
- slip
- slipped
- slope
- sloped
- slump
- smirched
- smothered
- soured
- spoil
- spoiled
- spoilt
- squelched
- stab
- stick
- stifled
- stoop
- strangled
- submerge
- submerged
- subside
- subsided
- succumb
- suppressed
- swallowed
- swamp
- tapered off
- thrust
- tilted
- tip over
- tipped
- took down
- touch bottom
- tumbled
- underestimated
- undermined
- underpriced
- underrated
- undervalued
- vanished
- wane
- waned
- waste
- weaken
- weakened
- went
- went to pot
- went to seed
- wilted
- withered
- wore out
- worsen
- worsened
- wreck
- wrote down
- wrote off
- yielded