| Cap 1. (n.) A covering for the head 2. (n.) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys 3. (n.) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants 4. (n.) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal. 5. (n.) The top, or uppermost part; the chief. 6. (n.) A respectful uncovering of the head. 7. (n.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck. 8. (n.) Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use 9. (n.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate. 10. (n.) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. 11. (n.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. 12. (n.) A percussion cap. See under Percussion. 13. (n.) The removable cover of a journal box. 14. (n.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface. 15. (n.) A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap. 16. (v. t.) To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun. 17. (v. t.) To deprive of cap. 18. (v. t.) To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity. 19. (v. t.) To salute by removing the cap. 20. (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. 21. (v. i.) To uncover the head respectfully. Thesaurus Entries Balmoral, Dutch cap, Panama, Panama hat, Salvation Army bonnet, Stetson, acme, apex, apogee, ascender, astrakhan, back, balaclava helmet, baseball cap, bastard type, beany, beard, bearskin, beaver, befog, belly, beret, best, better, bevel, bewilder, black letter, blanket, blasting cap, boater, body, bonnet, boot, bowler, bracket capital, brass hat, breech, brow, busby, button up, calash, campaign hat, cap, capital, capote, capsheaf, caput, carry to completion, case, castor, ceil, chapeau, chapeau bras, clean up, climax, cloak, cloche, close out, close up, cloud nine, coat, cob, cock-and-pinch, coif, complete, conclude, confound, confuse, consummate, cork, cornice, counter, cover, coverchief, coxcomb, crest, crown, culmen, culminate, culmination, derby, descender, detonating powder, detonator, dome, edge, electric detonator, em, en, end, exceed, excel, exploder, extreme limit, extremity, face, fantail, fat-faced type, feet, fez, finalize, finish, finish off, finish up, font, frock, frost, fulminating mercury, fuse, get done, get it over, get through, get through with, give in kind, go one better, gown, groove, handkerchief, hard hat, hat, head, headcloth, headdress, headgear, heading, headpiece, headtire, headwear, heaven, heavens, height, helmet, high noon, highest pitch, highest point, homburg, hood, ice, improve on, italic, jacket, jockey cap, kaffiyeh, kelly, kepi, kerchief, leghorn, letter, lex talionis, lid, ligature, limit, logotype, lower case, majuscule, mantle, match, maximum, mercury fulminate, meridian, millinery, minuscule, mobcap, mop up, mortarboard, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, nick, nightcap, no place higher, noon, opera hat, operculum, outshine, outstrip, outtop, outweigh, overarch, overbalance, overbear, overcast, overcome, overlay, overpass, overseas cap, overspread, overtop, pass, peak, peaked cap, percussion cap, perfect, perplex, pi, pica, picture hat, pillbox, pinhead, pinnacle, pitch, pith hat, pith helmet, plug, point, poke, pole, porkpie, pose, predominate, preponderate, prevail, primacord, primer, priming, print, puggree, repay in kind, return the compliment, return the like, ridge, roman, roof, roof in, round out, rumal, sailor, sans serif, scraper, script, seventh heaven, shank, shirt, shoe, shoulder, shovel hat, silk hat, skullcap, sky, slouch hat, small cap, small capital, snood, sock, sombrero, spire, squib, stamp, stem, stocking, stopper, stovepipe, stumble, summit, sun hat |