baseball cap

UK/ˈbeɪs.bɔːl ˌkæp/US/ˈbeɪs.bɔl ˌkæp/US/ˈbeɪs.bɑl ˌkæp/

noun

A cap with a rounded crown and a curved, stiffened bill at the front.

Similar
ballcapjockey capgolf cap

Meanings

nounbaseball cap (plural baseball caps)

plural baseball caps

  1. businessA cap with a rounded crown and a curved, stiffened bill at the front.

    There are fewer more distressing sights than that Of an Englishman in a baseball cap

    2002, The Libertines, “Time for Heroes”, in Up the Bracket
    1 more example

    Inside, professional hatemonger Milo Yiannopoulos is addressing an audience of around 400 people, peppered with bright red baseball caps.

    2017 January 28, Abigail Edge, “Two nights on Milo Yiannopoulos's campus tour: as offensive as you'd imagine”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2017

    Synonyms: ballcap

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA cap with a rounded crown and a curved, stiffened bill at the front.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

nouna cap with a bill

Similar
jockey capgolf cap
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans bofbalhoed
  • bofbalhoedcap
Bulgarian бейзболна шапка
  • бейзболна шапка (bejzbolna šapka)cap
Chinese Cantonese 棒球帽, 太陽帽 /太阳帽
  • 棒球帽cap
  • 太陽帽 /太阳帽cap
  • 喼帽cap
  • 波帽cap
Chinese Mandarin 棒球帽, 太陽帽 /太阳帽
  • 棒球帽 (bàngqiúmào)cap
  • 太陽帽 /太阳帽 (tàiyángmào)cap
Czech kšiltovka
  • kšiltovkacap
Dutch honkbalpet, baseballcap
  • honkbalpetcap
  • baseballcapcap
Esperanto basbala ĉapo
  • basbala ĉapocap
Estonian nokamüts, nokkmüts
  • nokamütscap
  • nokkmütscap
  • nokatscap
Finnish lippalakki
  • lippalakkicap
French casquette de baseball
  • casquette de baseballcap
German Baseballkappe, Basecap
  • Baseballkappecap
  • Basecapcap
Hebrew כובע מצחייה, כּוֹבַע מִצְחִיָּה
  • כובע מצחייהcap
  • כּוֹבַע מִצְחִיָּה (kóva mitskhiyá)cap
Hungarian baseballsapka, simlisapka
  • baseballsapkacap
  • simlisapkacap
Icelandic derhúfa
  • derhúfacap
Italian berretto da baseball
  • berretto da baseballcap
Japanese 野球帽
  • 野球帽 (yakyūbō)cap
Korean 야구 모자
  • 야구 모자 (yagu moja)cap
Lithuanian beisbolo kepuraitė
  • beisbolo kepuraitėcap
Polish bejsbolówka
  • bejsbolówkacap
Portuguese boné
  • bonécap
Russian бейсбо́лка
  • бейсбо́лка (bejsbólka)cap
Spanish gorra, jockey
  • gorracap
  • jockeycap
Swedish basebollkeps
  • basebollkepscap
Tamil அடிப்பந்துத் தொப்பி
  • அடிப்பந்துத் தொப்பி (aṭippantut toppi)cap
Thai หมวกเบสบอล
  • หมวกเบสบอลcap
Ukrainian бейсболка
  • бейсболка (bejsbolka)cap
Cite this entry
APA

baseball cap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baseball%20cap

MLA

“baseball cap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baseball%20cap. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baseball cap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baseball%20cap.

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