Cap
Cap noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.
Usage example: a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive
Stop and cap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead the word "Cap" as a verb or a noun.
How words are described
| old | old cap | old stop |
| full | full cap | full stop |
| complete | complete cap | complete stop |
| single | single cap | single stop |
| Other adjectives: small, effective, hard, big, little, classic, different. | ||
Common collocations
| enemy | cap enemy | stop enemy |
Both words in one sentence
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Raised the level cap to 100 and sent players to an Alternate Timeline version of Draenor in which Garrosh Hellscream travels through time to stop the Old Horde from drinking the blood of Mannoroth.
Source: Video Game / World of Warcraft -
The main character falls for this and then attempts to kill herself, but can't get the child safety cap off before her friend arrives to stop her.
Source: Narm / Live-Action TV -
The merchant level cap is 99, but the added privileges stop at level 50.
Source: Absurdly High Level Cap
Cite this Source
Stop and Cap. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cap/stop
Cap & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cap/stop>.
Stop or Cap. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cap/stop.
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