Synonyms for cap
kæpcap

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1. capnoun

   a tight-fitting headdress

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

2. capnoun

   a top (as for a bottle)

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

3. detonator, detonating device, capnoun

   a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

4. capnoun

   something serving as a cover or protection

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

5. cap, pileusnoun

   a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

6. hood, capnoun

   a protective covering that is part of a plant

   Synonyms:
   crown, lens hood, hoodlum, cowl, toughie, capital, jacket, detonator, hood, cowling, roof, tough, goon, ceiling, chapiter, jacket crown, strong-armer, detonating device, pileus, bonnet, exhaust hood, punk, thug, crownwork

7. ceiling, roof, capnoun

   an upper limit on what is allowed

   "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices"

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

8. crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, capnoun

   (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

   "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"

   Synonyms:
   crown, detonator, crest, pennant, capital, tip, roof, poll, pate, jacket, crownwork, ceiling, chapiter, top, diadem, jacket crown, treetop, detonating device, hood, pileus, peak, summit

9. capital, chapiter, capverb

   the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

   Synonyms:
   crown, majuscule, jacket, detonator, uppercase, hood, capital, roof, upper-case letter, ceiling, chapiter, capital letter, jacket crown, detonating device, pileus, working capital, crownwork

10. cap, crestverb

    lie at the top of

    "Snow capped the mountains"

    Synonyms:
    crest

11. capverb

    restrict the number or amount of

    "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"

    Synonyms:
    crest

Matched Categories

1. • Covering
   • Dental Appliance
   • Dentistry
   • Explosive Device
   • Headdress
   • Lie
   • Limit
   • Plant
   • Plant Part
   • Protective Covering
   • Top

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1. capverb

   Synonyms:
   crown, complete, finish

2. capverb

   Synonyms:
   exceed, surpass, transcend, overtop

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. capnoun

   Synonyms:
   biggin, biggon, biggonnet, busby, coif, berretta, biretta, barret, caul, callot, head-gear, turban, fez, calotte, toque, mortarboard, mitre, tarboosh, tam-o-shanter, zuchetto, wimple, shako, morion, mozetta, casque, helmet, mutch, montero, domino, beaver, glengarry, calpac, thrum cap, beret, keffieh, mortier, mobcap

   Associated words:
   visor

2. capverb

   Synonyms:
   crown, complete, consummate, surpass, exceed

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cap":

   chap, acan, plug, ceiling, pac, ahrc, spp, apc, cape, lid, acans, kap, pag, cover, hat, gap, stopper, cfp, limit, capping, bonnet, alm, skp, gsp, ceilings, caps, clp, nerve, apg, aac

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. CAP

   Synonyms:
   Catabolite activator protein, see there
   

2. CAP

   Synonyms:
   Copper-associated protein
   

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1. Andreas Park:

   I think this move pre-empts regulation, or a cap on fees as it were, I think this is also a nod toward brokers who are not very happy about having to pay high taker fees.

2. Hemant Bakhru:

   Large-cap Indian pharma companies are predominantly dollar exposed, emerging-market investors who right now want to avoid risk and invest in assets that are more exposed to the U.S. economy as against emerging markets will naturally choose some of these Indian pharma names.

3. Sarah Henchoz:

   Our government will be under pressure from banks to make it easier to pay and retain talent in the UK, to remove the cap would go against the whole ethos of why these things were put in place in the beginning. It will be a politically led decision.

4. Max Breier:

   It's really just a function of investors looking to protect their gains, in a market cap-weighted ETF like the XLV, if you get a number of the top-weighted names kind of disappointing at once you can get a pretty violent reaction.

5. Rick Meckler:

   Stocks have been trying to break out of the narrow trading range but Greece has kept a cap on that.