Nearby Words
canned [kand]
Main Entry:
can [kan; unstressed kuhn]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: preserve fruit, vegetable
Synonyms: bottle, keep, put up
Notes: can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to'
Main Entry: can
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fire from job
Synonyms: ax, boot, bounce*, cashier, discharge, dismiss, expel, give the heave ho, kick out, let go, sack, terminate
Antonyms: employ, hire
Main Entry: canned
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: preserved
Synonyms: bottled, conserved, kept
Main Entry: canned
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: recorded or prepared in advance
Synonyms: filmed, prerecorded, taped
Main Entry: arrest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stop or slow
Synonyms: block, can, check, delay, drop, end, freeze, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interrupt, knock off, obstruct, prevent, restrain, restrict, retard, scrub, shut down, stall, stay, suppress
Antonyms: activate, encourage, let go, release
Main Entry: ax/axe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dismiss from service
Synonyms: boot, bounce*, can*, cancel, cut back, discharge, dispense with, eliminate, fire, get rid of, give a pink slip, give the boot, kick out, lay off, remove, sack, terminate, throw out
Antonyms: hire
Main Entry: boot
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: kick; oust
Synonyms: ax, bounce, can*, chase, chuck, cut, discharge, dismiss, drive, dropkick, eighty-six, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, heave, kick out, knock, punt, sack, shove, terminate, throw out
Main Entry: bounce
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: evict
Synonyms: ax, boot out, can*, discharge, dismiss, eighty-six, eject, fire, give one notice, give the heave ho, heave, kick out, oust, sack, terminate, throw
Antonyms: allow, let in, permit
Main Entry: cap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: outdo a performance
Synonyms: beat, best, better, button down, button up, can*, clinch, cob, complete, cover, crest, crown, do to a T, eclipse, exceed, excel, finish, outshine, outstrip, pass, put the lid on, surmount, surpass, top, top it off, transcend, trump, wrap up
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