The best synonym for caption?

Why do you want a synonym when "caption" is the appropriate name for that?

AlpheccaStarsthe appropriate

I'd use an indefinite article for here, dear AS.

KhoshtipManI'd use an indefinite article for here, dear AS

Why?
"the" refers to one specific word, that is, "caption."

AlpheccaStarsWhy do you want a synonym when "caption" is the appropriate name for that?

Because I can't make a deep connection with that word. I can better comprehend and memorize its meaning by relating it to a synonym.

Hi

My immediate choice would be 'subtitle'

Dave

Hi

Caption just is the best word. But it could be thought of as the saying that has been put under the picture

According to my dictionary, the root word vacanam relates to the words that are given in a particular situation and it relates to vocabulary and vocalisation. (Hope that may help?)

Dave

Persian LearnerBecause I can't make a deep connection with that word

Maybe a good word-association is "captcha." The pronunciations are similar, the uses a bit different.

Captcha was originally an acronym: Completely Automatic Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

Persian Learner AlpheccaStarsWhy do you want a synonym when "caption" is the appropriate name for that?Because I can't make a deep connection with that word. I can better comprehend and memorize its meaning by relating it to a synonym.

That's one way to remember words, but another way is to say the word again and again while mentally picturing what it is. Eve

"Word history:

Middle English capcioun from Latin caption-, captio act of taking, from capere to take. Caption originally meant 'arrest' or 'arrest warrant', later the statement of when, where, and by whose authority the warrant was issued, hence a heading or title." (The New Penguin English Dictionary.)

I think I prefer folk etymology. It's a "caption" because it captures the contents of the picture in a few words.

CJ