caption
caption is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [R.] Bouvier.
- 2.(Law) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it taken, found, or executed. Bouvier. Wharton.
- 3.The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agnomen
- all
- and
- antonomasia
- antonym
- baptism
- baptize
- bean
- by-name
- byword
- call
- cant
- characterize
- christen
- clepe
- cognomen
- cognominal
- cognomination
- compellation
- convertible
- define
- denominate
- denomination
- description
- designate
- designation
- distinguish
- dub
- empty
- entitle
- epithet
- eponym
- expression
- fairly
- fitly
- handle
- heading
- hight
- known
- label
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is caption.
- What is the act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [R.] Bouvier called?
- What is that part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it taken, found, or executed. Bouvier. Wharton called?
- What is the heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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