Caption
Caption noun - An explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration.
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Synonyms for Caption
Description and caption are semantically related. in title topic. In some cases you can use "Description" instead a noun "Caption".
Nearby Word: captious
Description
Description noun - A vivid representation in words of someone or something.
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Synonyms for Description
Caption and description are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Caption" instead a noun "Description".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good caption | good description |
| better | better caption | better description |
| similar | similar caption | similar description |
| brief | brief caption | brief description |
| Other adjectives: short, appropriate, current, standard, original, helpful, accurate, simple, small, main, humorous, explicit, less, later, different, literal, colorful. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Whenever a new character is introduced in Every Button Hurts the Other Guy, their name is given in a caption box, accompanied by a humorous title or description.
Source: Caption Humor - Caption Humor: Whenever a new character is introduced, a caption box shows their name as well as a humorous title or description.
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The first name suggestion translates as "Turdodor Fuckball." The "real" name, however, translates as "Trollplanet" which is an accurate description of the world... but which makes the caption a blatant lie, because it claims the guess was exactly right... and that the name of the world is Alternia.
Source: Bilingual Bonus
Cite this Source
Description and Caption. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/caption/description
Caption & Description. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/caption/description>.
Description or Caption. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/caption/description.
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