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| Main Entry: | cant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocritical statement |
| Synonyms: | affected piety, deceit, dishonesty, humbug, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, insincerity, lip service*, pecksniffery, pharisaicalness, pious platitudes, pomposity, pretense, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sham holiness, show |
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| Main Entry: | cant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jargon |
| Synonyms: | argot, dialect, diction, idiom, language, lingo, patois, patter, phraseology, slang, vernacular, vocabulary |
| Antonyms: | standard |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | cant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lean, slant |
| Synonyms: | angle, bevel, careen, grade, heel, incline, list, recline, rise, slope, tilt, tip |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | inclination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Deviation from a particular direction. |
| Synonyms: | grade, gradient, heel, incline, lean, list, rake, slant, slope, tilt, tip |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | incline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal. |
| Synonyms: | heel, lean, list, rake, slant, slope, tilt, tip |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | dialect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | A variety of a language that differs from the standard form. |
| Synonyms: | argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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| Main Entry: | language |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Specialized expressions indigenous to a particular field, subject, trade, or subculture. |
| Synonyms: | argot, dialect, idiom, jargon, lexicon, lingo, patois, terminology, vernacular, vocabulary |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Main Entry: | cant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | argot, dialect, idiom, incline, jargon, language, lingo, patter, pomposity, pretense, slang, tilt, tip, vernacular, vocabulary, vulgarism |
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