Can
Synonyms for can
noun container, usually metallic
bucket
jar
bottle
package
vessel
receptacle
canister
cannikin
aluminum
tin
gunboat
gutbucket
pop top
Synonyms
noun toilet
pot
throne
head
latrine
privy
outhouse
lavatory
washroom
johnny
restroom
potty
sandbox
john
litter box
water closet
Synonyms
noun buttocks
backside
butt
behind
seat
posterior
tush
fundament
rump
fanny
gluteus maximus
hind end
derrière
Antonyms
front
Synonyms
verb preserve fruit, vegetable
keep
bottle
put up
Antonyms
hire
employ
cannot
Synonyms
verb be able
commit
manage
may
make out
take care of
be capable of
be equal to
be up to
can do
could
cut the mustard
have it made
make it
make the grade
be within one’s area
be within one’s control
lie in one’s power
Antonyms
hire
employ
cannot
Synonyms
verb fire from job
expel
terminate
dismiss
boot
sack
bounce
ax
cashier
discharge
kick out
give the heave ho
let go
Antonyms
permit
welcome
hire
allow
hold
keep
employ
engage
cannot
Usage Notes
Can1 and may1 are frequently but not always interchangeable in senses indicating possibility: A power failure can (or may) occur at any time. Despite the insistence by some, that can means only “to be able” and may means “to be permitted,” both are regularly used in seeking or granting permission: Can (or May) I borrow your tape recorder? You can (or may) use it tomorrow. Sentences using can occur chiefly in spoken English. May in this sense occurs more frequently in formal contexts: May I address the court, Your Honor? In negative constructions, can’t or cannot is more common than may not: You can’t have it today. I need it myself. The contraction mayn’t is rare. Can but and cannot but are formal and now somewhat old-fashioned expressions suggesting that there is no possible alternative to doing something. Can but is equivalent to can only: We can but do our best. Cannot but is the equivalent of cannot help but: We cannot but protest against these injustices. See also cannot, help.
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- Can bet on it
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- Can carrier
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- Can do
Synonyms for can do verb be able commit manage may make out take care of be capable of be equal to be up to could cut the mustard have it made make it make the grade be within one’s area be within one’s control lie in one’s power Antonyms for can do hire employ cannot […]