All capsule synonyms
cap·sule
C c adj capsule
- shortened form — an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
- canned — Canned music, laughter, or applause on a television or radio programme has been recorded beforehand and is added to the programme to make it sound as if there is a live audience.
- condensed — A condensed book, explanation, or piece of information has been made shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- tabloid — a newspaper whose pages, usually five columns wide, are about one-half the size of a standard-sized newspaper page.
- pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- potted — placed or enclosed in a pot.
- abridged — An abridged book or play has been made shorter by removing some parts of it.
noun capsule
- pellet — a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- pill — a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- dose — a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- lozenge — a small, flavored tablet made from sugar or syrup, often medicated, originally diamond-shaped.
- cap — A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys.
- bolus — a small round soft mass, esp of chewed food
- troche — a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- tablet — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- pod — the straight groove or channel in the body of certain augers or bits.
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- casing — A casing is a substance or object that covers something and protects it.
- shell — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.