Cant and Glossary

Cant

Cant noun - The degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon.

Glossary and cant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Glossary" instead a noun "Cant".

Glossary

Glossary noun - An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field.
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Synonyms for Glossary

Cant and glossary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cant" instead a noun "Glossary".

Both words in one sentence

  • Having researched Victorian thieves' cant enough to create a glossary but not enough to know which words were still in use, the Dungeons & Dragons setting Planescape also included "berk" on its list of slang.
  • Fantasy Slang: There's a second glossary in the back of each book with "Lord Dannyl's Guide to Slum Slang," detailing the particular cant used by dwellers in the Kyralian slums.
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Glossary and Cant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cant/glossary
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