capelike

Resembling a cloak

Resembling or suggesting a cape—a sleeveless outer garment that hangs from the shoulders: The costume featured a capelike attachment that billowed dramatically behind her.

The term describes anything with the loose, flowing, shoulder-draped quality of a cape: capelike wings, a capelike hood.

garment

cloak

Sleeveless outer wrap

draped · wrapped · flowing · billowing · sweeping · capelet · tabard · serape · burnoose · tippet

flowing

draped

Hung in loose folds

sweeping · floating · undulating · fluttering · swirling · trailing · hanging · loose · unfitted · sleeveless

heroic

superhero

Powered champion against evil

dramatic · swooping · theatrical · iconic · silhouette · billowing · fluttering · masked · costume · Batman

Opposites
garment fit and structure

capelikefitted

Shaped to conform

tailored · form-fitting · close-fitting · body-hugging · clinging

Family

escape, cape, escaped, escapes, capes, escapade, caped, escaper, escapement

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G