Antonyms for
cape
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
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No Antonyms Found for Cape

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All Definitions for Cape

Below are all the dictionary definitions of cape:

1A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
2A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake
3A promontory
4A headland.
5A superhero.
6To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
7To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
8To head or point
9To keep a course.
10To cover (as) with or like a cape.
11To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
12A surname.
13Convective available potential energy
14Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope. [A headland in southwestern South Africa, near Cape Town.]
15Ellipsis of Cape Province: a former province of South Africa, split into three in 1994.
16Ellipsis of Cape Cod. [A geographic cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts in the northeastern United States.]
17Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral: a peninsula in Florida, United States, where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located. [A cape in Florida, United States.]
18Ellipsis of Cape Colony. [(historical) A former British colony in present-day South Africa and Namibia, named for the Cape of Good Hope, existing from 1795 to 1802 and 1806 to 1910.]

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About antonyms for cape

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