Synonyms for cape
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Noun
1. Headland — A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland
headland, point, peninsula, promontory, ness, foreland, chersonese
Definitions
- n. 1
A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
Related words
- Phrases
- cape ann
Forms
- Plural
- capes → headlands, points, peninsulas, promontories…
Example sentences
- peninsula If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you.
- promontory The boat sailed around the promontory.
- mantle Tick-tock, tick-tock! They kept winding the clock on the mantle.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| cape | rising | |
| peninsula | steady | |
| promontory | steady | |
| headland | rising | |
| mantle | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ness1
- 5 letters
- point1
- 6 letters
- mantle2
- 7 letters
- whittle2
- 8 letters
- headland, foreland
- 9 letters
- peninsula4
- 10 letters
- promontory, chersonese
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mantle2 = 2 syllables).