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/ˈkæn.tə/ · noun
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..
The days when he was a canter and a rebel.
From lawn-sleeved ranters to kerbstone canters, From bishops to Army lasses.
Use canter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Canter means 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..
Common synonyms include lope.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The days when he was a canter and a rebel.
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