cap

Meaning

Noun

1. A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
2. A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
3. An academic mortarboard.
4. A protective cover or seal.
5. A crown for covering a tooth.
6. The summit of a mountain, etc.
7. An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
8. The top part of a mushroom.
9. A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.
10. A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.
11. (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
12. (slang) A lie or exaggeration.
13. A place on a national team; an international appearance.
14. (obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
15. (obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
16. The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
17. The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
18. Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
19. A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
20. A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
21. A large size of writing paper.
22. Popcorn.

Verb

1. To cover or seal with a cap.
2. To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
3. To lie over or on top of something.
4. To surpass or outdo.
5. To set (or reach) an upper limit on something.
6. To make something even more wonderful at the end.
7. To select a player to play for a specified side.
8. (slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
9. (slang) To lie; to tell a lie.
10. To select to play for the national team.
11. (obsolete) To salute by uncovering the head respectfully.
12. To deprive of a cap.

Verb

1. (informal) To convert text to uppercase.
2. To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.
3. To take capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint.

Synonyms

hat

👒

cover

lid

top

🔝

hood

beret

cork

stopper

plug

crown

👑

bonnet

headgear

capsule

detonator

jacket

kepi

jacket crown

capital

crownwork

cowl

ceiling

primer

crest

pay cap

capital letter

helmet

roof

interest rate cap

pileus

chapiter

cap rate

defray

canopy

spherical cap

blanket

head covering

bung

shroud

cloak

percussion cap

detonating device

veil

shield

🛡️

peaked cap

encase

encumber

engulf

enshroud

exaggerate

exceed

excel

face

ferrule

flight deck

flood

fuse

fusee

fuze

get

grow over

guard

💂

hairdo

hamstring

head

headband

headpiece

headstall

headwear

helm

hide

igniter

impregnate

incase

inclosure

inhibit

integument

jar

🫙

krona

krone

landing deck

light

lighter

limit

localise

localize

mantel

mantle

mask

😷

mat

muffle

narrow down

nightcap

number

🔢

obliterate

obscure

obstruct

obtain

occult

outclass

outmatch

outrival

outweigh

overact

overgrow

overmatch

overstate

pair

pants

paste

priming

protection

purchase

🛍️

recite

refuge

restrict

ring

💍

roundel

safeguard

sconce

screen

scutcheon

sheath

shell

🐚

shelter

shielding

skull cap

small cap

smother

sombrero

span

spigot

spile

stocking cap

strew

submerge

surpass

take

thawing

tiara

white out

tube

twice

two

upper bound

upper case

upper limit

warming

whiteout

wrap

wrapping

blank out

blasting cap

cap with ear flaps

copestone

Crown

👑

crown cap

crown cork

drown out

fall-board

ignitor

kroon

protective covering

small capital

field cap

mother and son

augette

fuzee

officer’s cap

Common agricultural policy

summer cap

fallboard

mound over

ski cap

toboggan cap

blaster cap

metal covering

little cap

to cap all

to cap the climax

post cap

cap block

protecting case

detonate-tube

auget

kaydee

knit cap

crown seal

best

coff

aegis

antimacassar

bald head

barret

bathe

beat

block out

border

bow

🙇

buffer

buy

🛍️

cage

cake

🍰

cap interest rate

carpet

case

casing

child’s

clamp down

climax

clothe

coif

comb

compose

conceal

confine

coronet

cot

cote

covering

cowling

cuckoo

culminate

deceive

deck

delimit

delimitate

demarcate

determine

diadem

diaphragm

disguise

drape

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kæp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa, itself from Latin caput. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput- and Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Doublet of cape, chape, and cope.