captain, n. 1. chief, leader, head, headman, Inf. number one, SI. top banana; skipper, master, sailing master, officer, chief officer, ship's captain, Inf. old man; chieftain, commander, commandant, foreman, overlord, principal, governor.
-v. 2. lead, command, head, boss, take charge, be in charge; steer, pilot, skipper,
caption, n. 1. heading, title, legend, inscription, imprint; headline, banner, Inf. scarehead, Journalism. screamer.
-v. 2. head, entitle, title, label, inscribe, imprint,
captious, adj. 1. faultfinding, carping, nagging, caviling; scoffing, impugning, picking, Inf. picky; hard to please, hypercritical, critical, biting, cutting, belittling, deprecating; chiding, reproachful, censorious, disapprobatory, disapproving, derogatory; reprehensive, condemnatory, denunciatory, objurgatory, animadversional.
2. ensnaring, perplexing, entangling, entrapping; astute, pointed, clever, subtle, stealthy, crafty, calculating, artful; treacherous, arch, shrewd, Inf. loaded, Inf. tricky; sly, cunning, vulpine, Inf. foxy; invidious, scheming, conniving, perfidious, collusive, guileful, deceptive, delusive.
captivate, v. charm, delight, enchant, take the fancy of; fascinate, infatuate, enthrall, enrapture, enamor, bewitch, Inf. vamp, SI. knock off one's feet, SI. knock for a loop; attract, lure, catch, win, enchain, snare, ensnare, enslave; dazzle, transport, mesmerize, hypnotize, carry away, turn one's head; seduce, ravish, bedevil, becharm, inflame, tantalize, Inf. drive one crazy.
captive, n. prisoner, slave, hostage, bondman; convict, Inf. con, Inf. jailbird.
captivity, n. bondage, servitude, enslavement, slavery, thralldom, subjection; imprisonment, internment, detention, confinement, custody, committal, incarceration; durance, restraint, constraint,
capture, v. 1. catch, take captive, take prisoner, arrest, apprehend, Inf nab, Inf. corral, Inf. pinch, Inf. lay by the heels, Inf. collar, Inf. nail, Inf. bag; take into custody, seize, lay hold of, fasten on to, grasp, grab, wrest, snatch, carry off, Inf. cop; trap, ensnare, snare, snag.
-n. 2. seizure, taking, taking prisoner, arrest, apprehension, Inf. collar, Inf. nailing, Inf. nabbing; trapping, snagging, bagging.
3. prize, trophy, gain, spoils, booty, loot, pickings, pillage, filchings, SI. take, SI. haul, SI. swag.
car, n. 1. vehicle, motorcar, Both Chiefly U.S. automobile or auto, Inf. bus, SI. wheels; sedan, coupe, landau, limousine, Inf. limo, convertible, roadster, touring car, runabout; SI. bomb, SI. dragster, U.S. SI. hot rod; wreck, rattletrap, Facetious, flivver, Inf. jalopy, Inf. clunker, Inf. crate, SI. buggy, SI. tin lizzie, SI. heap, bucket of bolts.
2. cab, taxi, taxicab, hackney, U.S. hack; carriage, chariot, phaeton, hansom, cabriolet, wagon, cart, Chiefly Brit, trap, (in Japan, the Philippines, etc.) jinrikisha.
3. coach, diner, sleeper, smoker, caboose, Brit, van, Trademark. Pullman.
carafe, n. decanter, bottle, carboy, demijohn, flask, flasket; cruet, phial, vial, caster, jar; jug, cruse, flagon, pitcher,
caravan, n. convoy, wagon train, wagonage; procession, cavalcade, motorcade, parade, train, coffle; column, file, queue, line; band, troop, team, company, group; entourage, retinue, cortege, suite,
carcass, n. 1. corpse, cadaver, dead body, remains, SI. stiff; All Fig. body, SI. bod, person, self.