cap-a-pie

1. 1.

   at all points from head to foot

   “he was armed cap-a-pie”

   Synonymsfrom head to toe

Questions about cap-a-pie

What does cap-a-pie mean?

cap-a-pie means "at all points from head to foot".

How many syllables are in cap-a-pie?

cap-a-pie has 3 syllables and divides as ca-p-a--pie under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cap-a-pie?

Close synonyms include from head to toe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cap-a-pie a common word?

cap-a-pie is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.