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plural of cap
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(Entry 1 of 3)
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
- I prefer to take my medicine as caps rather than in liquid form
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caps
noun (2)
plural of cap
Synonyms of caps (Entry 2 of 3)
1
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
- grabbed a cap and plopped it on his head before running out
Synonyms for caps
- chapeaus
- (or chapeaux),
- hats,
- headdresses,
- headgears,
- headpieces,
- lids
- [slang]
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- baseball caps,
- berets,
- billycocks
- [British],
- birettas,
- boaters,
- bonnets,
- bowlers,
- calottes,
- capuches,
- casques,
- castors,
- cloches,
- cocked hats,
- cowboy hats,
- cowls,
- derbies,
- fedoras,
- fezzes
- (also fezes),
- garrison caps,
- hard hats,
- helmets,
- helms,
- high hats,
- homburgs,
- hoods,
- kepis
- (also képis),
- kufis,
- leghorns,
- miters
- (or mitres),
- nightcaps,
- opera hats,
- overseas caps,
- panamas,
- picture hats,
- pillboxes,
- plug hats,
- porkpie hats,
- service caps,
- shakos
- (or shakoes),
- silk hats,
- skimmers,
- skullcaps,
- sombreros,
- sou'westers,
- Stetsons,
- stocking caps,
- stovepipes,
- sunbonnets,
- tam-o'-shanters,
- tams,
- ten-gallon hats,
- top hats,
- toppers,
- toques,
- tricornes
- (or tricorns),
- turbans,
- zucchettos
3
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
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caps
verb
present tense third-person singular of cap
Synonyms & Antonyms of caps (Entry 3 of 3)
to set bounds or an upper limit for
- the senator will propose a bill to cap prices for home heating oil
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“Caps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caps. Accessed 19 Jun. 2021.
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