Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun canasta

1 sense of canasta

Sense 1
canasta, basket rummy, meld -- (a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank)
       => rummy, rum -- (a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards)