Synonyms for cap
kæpcap

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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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, detonating device, pileus, working capital, crownwork

10. cap, crestverb

    lie at the top of

    "Snow capped the mountains"

    Synonyms:
    crest

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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How to use cap in a sentence?

1. Liz Winston:

   When mom found my diaphram, I told her it was a bathing cap for my cat.

2. 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.

3. Ellen Karsh:

   He is a teenager, after all-a strange agent with holes in his jeans, studs in his ear, a tail down his neck, a cap on his head (backward).

4. Donald TrumpFor Mark Matney:

   When people wanted something done and they went to Former Democratic Rep. Rick Boucher, Former Democratic Rep. Rick Boucher seemed to get it done. I mean, I've seen many families Former Democratic Rep. Rick Boucher helped, then when Barack Obama come in, Former Democratic Rep. Rick Boucher helped author cap and trade. It was at that moment when it got bad. When Barack Obama done that with cap and trade, it was like Barack Obama wasn't representing Barack Obama people anymore.

5. Chairman Mac Thornberry:

   I'd like to remove the cap on defense spending because it turns out there is no cap on the dangers we are facing around the world.