Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun caput

2 senses of caput

Sense 1
caput -- (a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula")
       => bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence -- (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns")

Sense 2
head, caput -- (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window")
       => external body part -- (any body part visible externally)