whitecap

Relevance ranks synonyms and suggests the best matches based on how closely a synonym’s sense matches the sense you selected.

Relevance

A-Z

Length

Synonyms for whitecap

noun wave; wrinkle

More words related to whitecap

Word Origin & History

1660s, of birds, from white + cap (n.). Attested from 1773 in reference to breaking waves, from 1818 of mushrooms, and from 1891 in reference to "one of a self-constituted band in U.S. who committed outrages under pretense of regulating public morals" [OED].

Example Sentences for whitecap

A whitecap foamed above it and broke across in a snow-white smother.

He is too near the water now; the glare and the dancing waves bother him; he loses his gleam of silver in the flash of a whitecap.

And d'ye think I didn't see Mr. Whitecap going down, afore ye thought o' a row yerself?

But the shore was protected by a double line of reefs, so close in that the channel between did not show a whitecap.

In a wave without a whitecap the water returns to practically the original point after completing a circle beneath the surface.

But the journey was a jubilant one, and they welcomed the first gleaming of Whitecap pond with whoops of delight.

whitecap

Synonyms for whitecap

More words related to whitecap

ripple

ripples

wave

waves

whitecap

Synonyms .css-1u0ksf7{color:#d9d9d9;}for whitecap

More words related to whitecap

.css-1unrqcp{color:inherit;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}ripple

ripples

wave

waves

Synonyms for whitecap

ripple