name · noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn/
US:/ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔɹn/
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CMU ARPABET:K AE1 P R AH0 K AO0 R N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
Synonym of Capricornus (constellation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Capricornus
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: Cancer
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name
Meaning 3
The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).
A person with this sign, according to their birthdate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Capricornian
Antonyms: Cancer
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noun
Meaning 4
Someone with a Capricorn star sign.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 5
To adorn with horns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
Richard Brathwait, "A Cuckold with a Witnesse", from A Strappado for the Devil (1615): "A wily wench there was (as I have read) / Who us’d to capricorn her husband’s head."
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Capricorn the Goat, Goat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
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noun
Meaning 7
a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Capricornus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: constellation
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noun
Meaning 8
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
