Synonyms for Cap
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1. capnoun

   a tight-fitting headdress

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

2. capnoun

   a top (as for a bottle)

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

3. detonator, detonating device, capnoun

   a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, cap, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

4. capnoun

   something serving as a cover or protection

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

5. cap, pileusnoun

   a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, cap, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

6. hood, capnoun

   a protective covering that is part of a plant

   Synonyms:
   crown, lens hood, hoodlum, cowl, toughie, capital, jacket, detonator, hood, cowling, roof, tough, goon, ceiling, chapiter, jacket crown, strong-armer, cap, detonating device, pileus, bonnet, exhaust hood, punk, thug, crownwork

7. ceiling, roof, capnoun

   an upper limit on what is allowed

   "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices"

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, cap, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

8. crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, capnoun

   (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

   "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"

   Synonyms:
   crown, cap, detonator, crest, pennant, capital, tip, roof, poll, pate, jacket, crownwork, ceiling, chapiter, top, diadem, jacket crown, treetop, detonating device, hood, pileus, peak, summit

9. capital, chapiter, capverb

   the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

   Synonyms:
   crown, majuscule, jacket, detonator, uppercase, hood, capital, roof, upper-case letter, ceiling, chapiter, capital letter, jacket crown, cap, detonating device, pileus, working capital, crownwork

10. cap, crestverb

    lie at the top of

    "Snow capped the mountains"

    Synonyms:
    crest, cap

11. capverb

    restrict the number or amount of

    "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"

    Synonyms:
    crest

Matched Categories

1. • Covering
   • Dental Appliance
   • Dentistry
   • Explosive Device
   • Headdress
   • Lie
   • Limit
   • Plant
   • Plant Part
   • Protective Covering
   • Top

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. capverb

   Synonyms:
   crown, complete, finish

2. capverb

   Synonyms:
   exceed, surpass, transcend, overtop

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. capnoun

   Synonyms:
   biggin, biggon, biggonnet, busby, coif, berretta, biretta, barret, caul, callot, head-gear, turban, fez, calotte, toque, mortarboard, mitre, tarboosh, tam-o-shanter, zuchetto, wimple, shako, morion, mozetta, casque, helmet, mutch, montero, domino, beaver, glengarry, calpac, thrum cap, beret, keffieh, mortier, mobcap

   Associated words:
   visor

2. capverb

   Synonyms:
   crown, complete, consummate, surpass, exceed

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cap":

   chap, acan, plug, ceiling, pac, ahrc, spp, apc, cape, lid, acans, kap, pag, cover, hat, gap, stopper, cfp, limit, capping, bonnet, alm, skp, gsp, ceilings, caps, clp, nerve, apg, aac

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. CAP

   Synonyms:
   Catabolite activator protein, see there
   

2. CAP

   Synonyms:
   Copper-associated protein
   

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1. Noah Barrett:

   Particularly among the larger-cap companies, you're hearing this message of 'Trust us, we're focused on generating free cash flow and giving a portion of that back to shareholders instead of plowing it back into the field,' that's a good message but it's something they can only say for a quarter or two. Because of the history of this industry, this is something that will take multiple quarters, if not years, for investors to believe.

2. Olivier Martins:

   He did not know it was Salah Abdeslam and did not recognize him immediately when he arrived because he was wearing a cap, in the car, Salah Abdeslam told Salah Abdeslam that Salah Abdeslam brother, Brahim, had killed people in Paris and had blown Salah Abdeslam up. For my client, a childhood friend of the two brothers, it was a shock, He could not understand it and could not think clearly.

3. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk:

   Right now we have an incentive structure that is designed to slow it down( transition from fossil fuels), if countries decide to do a carbon tax or cap and trade, and it is real and not watered-down and weak, I think we can see a transition that is in the 15 to 20 years time frame as supposed to 40 to 50 years time frame.

4. Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven:

   And in that line now was a whiskered old man, with a linen cap and a crooked nose, who waited in a place called the Stardust Band Shell to share his part of the secret of heaven: that each affects the other and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.

5. Roger Matthews:

   It may be that the UK government will take the opportunity to ditch the bonus cap.