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caption

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of caption

1 an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration
  • for the school yearbook, funny captions were written for snapshots showing a typical day at school
Synonyms of caption

cutline, legend
Words Related to caption

key

closed-captioning, subtitle, translation

motto, posy, slogan, tagline
2 a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize
  • the textbook features cleverly worded captions to capture the readerʼs attention
Synonyms of caption

head, header, heading, headline, rubric, title
Words Related to caption

banner, streamer

catch word, guide word, running head

greeting, salutation

superscript, superscription

subhead, subheading, subtitle

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