captions 1 of 2

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

Relevance
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

captions

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of caption

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for captions
Noun
  • At its annual developer conference two years ago, the company showed off a pair of glasses that performed live translations.
    Richard Nieva, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Starting with translations, the platform supports expansion into audio dramas, visual novels, and more through an agentic workflow that simplifies adaptation processes.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Men's and women's football legends - Jill Scott, Lara Dickenmann, Veró Boquete, Caroline Seger, Leonardo Bonucci, Sami Khedira, Xherdan Shaqiri and Raphaël Varane will draw the sixteen nations out featuring for the very first time, the national teams of Poland and Wales.
    Asif Burhan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Here, musical legends feel like flesh-and-blood figures, especially as Dylan navigates Seeger as the old-guard angel on one shoulder and Bob’s pen pal Johnny Cash (Boyd Holbrook) as the rebel devil on the other.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Both of Jamie Foxx’s children have made headlines in their own right—Corinne following in her father’s footsteps as an actress and model, while Annalise has walked the red carpet with her dad on many occasions.
    Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Still, his technical virtuosity and knack for making fashion headlines attracted the attention of luxury titan Bernard Arnault, who tapped him in 1995 to succeed Hubert de Givenchy upon his retirement, moving the designer to Dior a year later.
    Miles Socha, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Thesaurus Entries Near captions

Cite this Entry

“Captions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captions. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

More from Merriam-Webster on captions

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!