Synonyms of caps

caps 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of cap

as in pills

a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally

I prefer to take my medicine as caps rather than in liquid form

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pills
• tablets
• capsules
• doses
• drugs
• lozenges
• medications
• drops
• remedies
• pharmaceuticals
• physics
• preparations
• cures
• dosages
• potions
• specifics
• medicinals
• wonder drugs
• miracle drugs
• gelcaps
• boluses
• pilules

caps

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noun (2)

plural of cap

1

as in hats

a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown

grabbed a cap and plopped it on his head before running out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hats
• helmets
• headdresses
• headgears
• headpieces
• lids
• chapeaus
• hoods
• bonnets
• berets
• skullcaps
• turbans
• helms
• shakos
• panamas
• toques
• baseball caps
• kepis
• bowlers
• fezzes
• sunbonnets
• pillboxes
• casques
• tricornes
• tams
• toppers
• fedoras
• cloches
• service caps
• sombreros
• silk hats
• hard hats
• top hats
• birettas
• high hats
• garrison caps
• picture hats
• Stetsons
• plug hats
• opera hats
• stocking caps
• miters
• boaters
• overseas caps
• cocked hats
• castors
• derbies
• cowboy hats
• leghorns
• cowls
• calottes
• kufis
• homburgs
• stovepipes
• billycocks
• capuches
• sou'westers
• skimmers
• porkpie hats
• ten-gallon hats
• warbonnets
• nightcaps
• zucchettos
• tam-o'-shanters

2

as in lids

a piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents

I can't find the cap to the milk bottle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lids
• tops
• covers
• hoods
• roofs
• coverings
• jackets
• domes
• casings
• cases
• shells
• capsules
• housings
• sheaths

3

as in limits

a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go

a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limits
• limitations
• lines
• confines
• boundaries
• ends
• ceilings
• terminations
• barriers
• bounds
• extents
• edges
• rims
• borders
• fences
• margins
• walls
• extremities
• brims
• termini
• restraints
• fag ends
• hedges
• bars
• stops
• verges
• outsides

caps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cap

as in restricts

to set bounds or an upper limit for

the senator will propose a bill to cap prices for home heating oil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limits
• restricts
• tightens
• confines
• blocks
• holds down
• circumscribes
• bars
• narrows
• hampers
• hinders
• numbers
• contracts
• suppresses
• obstructs
• impedes
• modifies
• pinches
• squeezes
• constricts
• lessens
• represses
• qualifies
• quells

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exceeds
• expands
• broadens
• widens
• overreaches
• overextends

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of caps

Noun

Both StubHub and Vivid Seats mention price caps in their risk factors to their businesses in their most recent 10-K reports. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026

Earlier this month, the company promised to provide a means to detect songs made with its tech, and announced a rollout of download caps aimed at slowing the flood of AI songs onto streaming services. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026

To further complicate things, baseball is heading toward a labor fight in which owners are aiming to swap short-term financial pain for cost caps that would make every team more valuable. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Small-caps are the quietest relative to big-caps in at least a year. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

The policy goal is to compel colleges to curb tuition, although critics warn the caps might send borrowers to the private loan market. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

Glen Powell and Michelle Randolph take a romantic walk in matching caps in Paris on August 10. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

An Iowa House committee unanimously advanced a bill in 2025 to remove the income and asset caps, but the bill died after failing to move forward during this spring's legislative session. — Natalie Krebs, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

Plans call for a trash enclosure designed to match Beermann Plaza’s existing aesthetic, including decorative brick veneer, tile wall caps, landscaping, metal benches and a new sidewalk. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Verb

Avoid certain lender fees, since the VA blocks charges like separate underwriting or processing fees and caps the lender’s origination fee at 1% of the loan. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

Katie Ledecky caps off one of the greatest performances in Olympic history with her fourth gold medal and second world record, shattering her own mark in the 800-meter freestyle. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

The Standard plan caps automation and integration runs at 250 per month each. — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026

This blockbuster signing caps a transformative summer for Real Madrid, which also saw the arrivals of Marc Cucurella, Carlos Espi, and Denzel Dumfries, plus free transfers for Bernardo Silva and Ibrahima Konate. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The sale caps a turbulent and controversial history for Amadea. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

The deal caps a year-long process after the two companies last July retained Wells Fargo to explore a potential sale. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026

The lack of stellar velo certainly caps his ceiling as a backend type, but that outcome would represent a great scouting and development story for the Rays. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026

California’s Proposition 13 caps the statewide property tax rate at 1% of assessed value—a constitutional ceiling that’s why San Francisco couldn’t just add a percentage surcharge the way New York did. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 30 July 2026