cutline

noun

cut·​line ˈkət-ˌlīn 

: caption, legend

Synonyms of cutline

• caption

Examples of cutline in a Sentence

the cutline wrongly identified the people in the photo

Recent Examples on the Web

After coming into the series 1 1/2 games out of the final American League playoff spot, Baltimore is now three games below the playoff cutline and would have to jump three teams to climb back into the field. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2026

Shane van Gisbergen holds the 16th and final spot by 50 points over Ryan Preece, who dropped 21 points further below the Chase cutline with a 17th-place finish at Richmond. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

And three of them — Laurie Canter, Peter Uihlein and Caleb Surratt — just barely made it after finishing right on the cutline at 4 over. — Matt Schubert, New York Times, 20 June 2026

After just making the cut on the cutline, Charley Hull went out well before the leaders Saturday with the mindset to stop overthinking things and simply go out and play. — Bob Buttitta, Daily News, 7 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cutline

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• brucine
• byline