CANVASSES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

canvasses

verb

variants also canvases

present tense third-person singular of canvass

as in interviews

to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information we canvassed people all over town, asking if they would be interested in participating in a recycling program

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as in debates

to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion canvassed all the items on the agenda

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Recent Examples of canvasses The quarterly survey canvasses the views from a sample of chief financial officers on the CNBC CFO Council. —

Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2025 Johnson said her staff canvasses neighborhoods several days a week to help connect them to resources. —

Malachi Barrett, Freep.com, 22 May 2024 Lastly, check out Museum Brandhorst—eye-catching for its stunning ceramic facade, and just as much so for its massive collection of Cy Twombly canvases. —

Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2023

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The foundation also interviews survivors of other atrocities in the 20th century, including survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, Rwandan genocide and others.

— Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
Becker interviews people from other disciplines—mathematicians, neuroscientists—and the result is a book that does a great job of showing how deluded, stupid, or in bad faith many of these billionaires’ claims are, and of providing a powerful antidote to hype.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026