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cant

How many syllables in cant?

  1 syllable

Divide cant into syllables:   cant
Syllable stress:   cant
How to pronounce cant:   kant
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Define cant



verb
  1. To talk hypocritically about something
  2. To express insincere ideas

contraction
  1. Incorrect spelling. Should be: can't
  2. Can not
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Synonyms for cant


1 syllable
  • beg
    2 syllables
    • can not
      3 syllables
        5 syllables

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          What rhymes with cant

          1 syllable
          • ant
          • Brandt
          • can't
          • fant
          • grant
          • Kant
          • pant
          • quant
          • sant
          • shan't
          • stant
          • trant
          • aunt
          • brant
          • chant
          • gant
          • hant
          • lant
          • plant
          • rant
          • scant
          • slant
          • tant
          2 syllables
          • Bantu
          • enchant
          • incant
          • pedant
          • replant
          • transplant
          • decant
          • implant
          • levant
          • recant
          • supplant
          3 syllables
            4 syllables
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