can - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

Synonyms

• can
• tin
• tin can

More generic

• container

More specific

• beer can
• caddy
• cannikin
• coffee can
• milk can
• oilcan
• soda can
• tea caddy

Noun

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

Synonyms

• bathroom
• can
• john
• lav
• lavatory
• privy
• toilet

More generic

• room

More specific

• W.C.
• closet
• comfort station
• convenience
• head
• loo
• public convenience
• public lavatory
• public toilet
• restroom
• toilet facility
• wash room
• washroom
• water closet

Related

• can
• commode
• crapper
• pot
• potty
• stool
• throne
• toilet

Noun

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

Synonyms

• can
• commode
• crapper
• pot
• potty
• stool
• throne
• toilet

More generic

• plumbing fixture

More specific

• flush toilet
• flushless toilet
• lavatory
• potty chair
• potty seat

Related

• toilet bowl
• toilet seat

Related

• bathroom
• can
• john
• lav
• lavatory
• privy
• toilet

Noun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Synonyms

• arse
• ass
• backside
• behind
• bottom
• bum
• buns
• butt
• buttocks
• can
• derriere
• fanny
• fundament
• hind end
• hindquarters
• keister
• nates
• posterior
• prat
• rear
• rear end
• rump
• seat
• stern
• tail
• tail end
• tooshie
• tush

More generic

• body part

Related

• body
• torso
• trunk

Noun

a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

Synonyms

• can
• can buoy

More generic

• buoy

Noun

the quantity contained in a can

Synonyms

• can
• canful

More generic

• containerful

Verb

preserve in a can or tin

Synonyms

• can
• put up
• tin

More generic

• keep
• preserve

Verb

terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

Synonyms

• can
• dismiss
• displace
• fire
• force out
• give notice
• give the axe
• give the sack
• sack
• send away
• terminate

More generic

• remove

More specific

• clean out
• dismiss
• drop
• furlough
• lay off
• pension off
• retire
• send away
• send packing
• squeeze out

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