Synonyms and Antonyms of capsule

synonym (synonym of capsule)

hypernym (capsule IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses (noun.plant)
    pericarp, seed vessel
    the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary (noun.plant)
     
  • a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside (noun.artifact)
    lozenge, pill, tab, tablet
    a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet (noun.artifact)
     
  • a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute (noun.artifact)
    seat
    any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) (noun.artifact)
     
  • a shortened version of a written work (noun.communication)
    sum-up, summary
    a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form (noun.communication)
     
  • a small container (noun.artifact)
    container
    any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of tra more.. (noun.artifact)
     
  • a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space (noun.artifact)
    ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft
    a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun (noun.artifact)
     
  • a structure that encloses a body part (noun.body)
    anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
    a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing (noun.body)
     
  • enclose in a capsule (verb.contact)
    enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap
    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering (verb.contact)
     
  • put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume (verb.change)
    concentrate, condense, digest
    make more concise (verb.change)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF capsule relation)

  • a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses (noun.plant)
    bilocular capsule
    a capsule divided into two cells or compartments (noun.plant)
     
  • (noun.plant)
    boll
    the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant (noun.plant)
     
  • (noun.plant)
    siliqua, silique
    narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae (noun.plant)
     
  • a small container (noun.artifact)
    paintball
    a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball (noun.artifact)
     
  • a structure that encloses a body part (noun.body)
    malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle
    the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.body)
    eyeball, orb
    the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.body)
    lens capsule
    a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye (noun.body)
     

part holonym (PART OF relation)

  • a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses (noun.plant)
    peristome
    (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule (noun.plant)
     

part meronym (HAS PART relation)

  • a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute (noun.artifact)
    cockpit
    compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft (noun.artifact)
     

derivation (.... is derived from capsule)

synonym hypernym hyponym part holonym part meronym derivation abridgement abridgment space capsule ejection seat capsulate capsulise lozenge pill container seat ballistic capsule space vehicle paintball malpighian body eyeball orb lens capsule bilocular capsule peristome cockpit capsulate capsular abbreviate capsulise capsulize concentrate
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