Synonyms for capsule

noun

• a shortened version of a written work
• a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
• a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
• a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
• a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
• a small container
• a structure that encloses a body part

verb

• enclose in a capsule
• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume