Synonyms of captions

captions 1 of 2

noun

plural of caption

1

as in translations

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 & Similar Words

• translations
• cutlines
• legends
• subtitles
• keys
• slogans
• mottoes
• taglines
• posies
• closed-captionings

2

as in titles

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 reader's attention

Synonyms & Similar Words

• titles
• headings
• headlines
• subtitles
• banners
• headers
• heads
• rubrics
• greetings
• streamers
• catchwords
• subheadings
• salutations
• subheads
• superscripts
• guide words
• running heads
• superscriptions

captions

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of caption

as in stamps

Related Words

• stamps
• labels
• titles
• tags
• tickets
• tabs
• marks
• names
• styles
• hallmarks
• earmarks
• identifies
• terms
• designates
• calls
• entitles
• brands
• stigmatizes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of captions

Noun

What changes is the copy, the captions, the screenshots and sometimes the layout itself. — Gilad Bechar, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Joan Didion, the mistress of concision and a Hemingway admirer, began her career writing captions and sidebars to fit around pictures in women’s magazines. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Its audio and video tools include text-to-speech, transcription, music generation, voice cloning, text-to-video, image-to-video, captions, and YouTube transcription and summarization. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026

According to the suit, ACLU-CT requested all docket numbers and case captions — a line at the top of a court document that identifies basic information like the names of the parties involved — for May 2026 through July 2026. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026

Motherhood appeared to be a point of pride for Ortiz, who posted photos of herself with her daughter on her Facebook page through the 2010s with adoring captions marking milestones. — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

He's got big plans for Season 3 Popular captions for the meme joke about male authority figures like dads and uncles ordering the viewer to do ludicrous tasks. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

The combination of text and image recurs throughout Lynch’s paintings as well, where captions often make distressing narratives explicit. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Camila noticed the photos of cyclists and began to read the captions and stories. — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 31 July 2026