Imogen of the Internet cannot look at a cat, even a dead one, without coming up with a blood-curdlingly saccharine, egregiously misspelled caption in 60-point white Impact.
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Caption
//ˈkæp.ʃən//
Synonyms for "caption" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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11 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
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3 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
114 translations across 28 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- заглавие noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
- надпис noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- надписи noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- рубрика noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏂᏬᏂᏍᎬᎢ ᏕᎪᏪᎸᎢ noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 字幕 noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- 標題 /标题 noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
Czech
4 entries- popisek noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- titulek noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
- titulek noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- opatřit popiskem verb (to add captions to a text or illustration)
Dutch
4 entries- bijschrift noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- certificaat noun (section of an official paper)
- certificatie noun (section of an official paper)
- hoofd noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
Finnish
3 entries- kuvateksti noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- otsikko noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
- tekstitys noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
French
4 entries- légende noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
- légende noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- sous-titrage pour sourds et malentendants noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- sous-titre noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
Galician
3 entries- subtítulo noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- subtítulos descritivos noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- subtítulos para xordos noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
German
4 entries- Beschriftung noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- Bildtext noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- Bildtext noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- Bildunterschrift noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
Hungarian
1 entries- felirat noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
Indonesian
1 entries- takarir noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
Irish
4 entries- ceannscríbhinn noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- foscríbhinn noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- fotheideal noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- teideal noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
Italian
4 entries- dicitura noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- didascalia noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- didascalia noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- intestazione noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
Japanese
1 entries- キャプション noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
Korean
1 entries- 표제 noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
Macedonian
4 entries- заглавие noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
- натпис noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
- натпис noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- опис noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
Malay
1 entries- sari kata noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
Manx
3 entries- fo-heidyl noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
- fo-heidyl noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- fo-heidyl noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
Marathi
1 entries- मथळा noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
Māori
2 entries- tapanga noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- whakapūaho noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äwaschreft noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
Polish
2 entries- napisy noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- podpis noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
Portuguese
4 entries- cabeçalho noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
- legenda noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- legenda noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- legendar verb (to add captions to a film or broadcast)
Russian
4 entries- загла́вие noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
- заголо́вок noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
- заста́вка noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
- на́дпись noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fo-thiotal noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
Slovak
1 entries- titulok noun (piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast)
Spanish
4 entries- capción noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- intitulación noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- leyenda noun (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
- prefacio noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
Welsh
1 entries- pennawd noun (descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Caption this photo.
Source: tatoeba (1815622)
Put a caption on this photo.
Source: tatoeba (7769167)
On the wall hung a picture of Mary, forefinger threateningly raised, looking as though she were in the middle of reading the viewer the riot act. Beneath read the caption: "I'm in charge here!"
Source: tatoeba (8826900)
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