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canter¹

  • /ˈkæn.tə/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈkæn.tɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈkɛən.tɚ] Canada, US

Sounds like cantor · Rhymes with -æntə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

noun canters

  1. A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.
  2. A ride on a horse at such speed.

verb canters · cantering · cantered

  1. intransitive To move at such pace.
  2. transitive To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Similar: lope

canter²

  • /ˈkæn.tə/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈkæn.tɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈkɛən.tɚ] Canada, US

Sounds like cantor · Rhymes with -æntə(ɹ)

noun canters

  1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.
  2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. The days when he was a canter and a rebel.

Canter³

proper noun Canters

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

verb

Similar: lope

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noun gait

Españolmedio galope
Françaispetit galop
DeutschKanter, leichter Galopp
Русскийкентер kenter

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"canter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/canter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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canter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/canter

Chicago

"canter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/canter.

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@misc{canter_2026,
  title = {canter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/canter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}