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Synonyms for capital
ˈkæp ɪ tlcap·i·tal

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Wiktionary1.5 / 2 votes

  1. capitalnoun

    An uppercase letter.

    Synonyms:
    majuscule, caps

    Antonyms:
    lower-case, minuscule

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 2 votes

  1. capital

    The metropolis is the chief city in the commercial, the capital in the political sense. The capital of an American State is rarely its metropolis.

    Synonyms:
    chief city, metropolis, seat of government

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 2 votes

  1. capital

    Synonyms:
    chief, excellent, important, cardinal, principal, consummate, high

    Antonyms:
    inferior, unimportant, subordinate, minor, defective, mean

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. capital, working capitalnoun

    assets available for use in the production of further assets

    Synonyms:
    working capital, chapiter, capital letter, upper-case letter, cap, majuscule, uppercase

    Antonyms:
    secondary, inferior, lowercase

  2. capitalnoun

    wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

    Synonyms:
    majuscule, upper-case letter, capital letter, chapiter, cap, working capital, uppercase

    Antonyms:
    lowercase, secondary, inferior

  3. capitalnoun

    a seat of government

    Synonyms:
    majuscule, upper-case letter, capital letter, chapiter, cap, working capital, uppercase

    Antonyms:
    lowercase, secondary, inferior

  4. capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majusculenoun

    one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

    "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"

    Synonyms:
    working capital, chapiter, capital letter, upper-case letter, cap, majuscule, uppercase

    Antonyms:
    secondary, inferior, lowercase

  5. capitalnoun

    a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product

    "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia"

    Synonyms:
    majuscule, upper-case letter, capital letter, chapiter, cap, working capital, uppercase

    Antonyms:
    inferior, lowercase, secondary

  6. Capital, Washingtonnoun

    the federal government of the United States

    Synonyms:
    capital of the United States, working capital, chapiter, capital letter, upper-case letter, cap, majuscule, uppercase

    Antonyms:
    lowercase, secondary, inferior

  7. Das Kapital, Capitalnoun

    a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories

    Synonyms:
    majuscule, upper-case letter, capital letter, chapiter, cap, working capital, uppercase

    Antonyms:
    inferior, lowercase, secondary

  8. capital, chapiter, capadjective

    the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

    Synonyms:
    crown, majuscule, jacket, detonator, uppercase, hood, roof, upper-case letter, ceiling, chapiter, capital letter, jacket crown, cap, detonating device, pileus, working capital, crownwork

    Antonyms:
    inferior, secondary, lowercase

  9. capitaladjective

    first-rate

    "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"

    Synonyms:
    majuscule, great

    Antonyms:
    lowercase, secondary, inferior

  10. capitaladjective

    of primary importance

    "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"

    Synonyms:
    majuscule, great

    Antonyms:
    secondary, lowercase, inferior

  11. capital, great, majusculeadjective

    uppercase

    "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

    Synonyms:
    slap-up, gravid, large(p), cracking, neat, majuscule, great(p), enceinte, swell, expectant, heavy(p), keen, nifty, with child(p), bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, big(p), great, bully, dandy, peachy, outstanding

    Antonyms:
    inferior, lowercase, secondary

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 2 votes

  1. capitaladjective

    Synonyms:
    chief, principal, leading, first in importance

  2. capitaladjective

    Synonyms:
    excellent, good, prime, perfect, first-rate

  3. capitalnoun

    Synonyms:
    metropolis, chief city or town

  4. capitalnoun

    Synonyms:
    large letter, capital letter

  5. capitalnoun

    Synonyms:
    stock, sum invested

  6. capitalnoun

    Synonyms:
    (Arch.) head of a column, pillar or pilaster

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. capitaladjective

    Synonyms:
    principal, leading, chief, cardinal, foremost, excellent, first-rate

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How to use capital in a sentence?

  1. Pri De Silva:

    If you want to sell a bank capital instrument and you can only go to the bank that issued it, you have to take that bank's price.

  2. Chatib Basri:

    Structural reforms can go forward only if there is high political capital, such as when the president adjusted fuel prices, now he won't touch things like that. The current political condition makes it hard for the president.

  3. Johan Utterman:

    Divesting lower-growth, lower-margin, lower-return-on- invested-capital businesses and buying higher ones. So I think it's all heading in the right direction.

  4. Abdul Karim Khademzai:

    Apart from one district, all roads from the district centers to the provincial capital have been cut off and the government only control the provincial capital.

  5. Tom Carter:

    Hair salon doorways in the capital city's pink light district. Working as a xiaojie is an alternative, albeit illicit, means of income for these underprivileged girls, who are known in Jiangxi as "porcelain with cracks" and in Ningxia as "wilted flowers".


Translations for capital

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  • kapitaalAfrikaans
  • حرف كبير, رأس مال, رأسمالArabic
  • бага́цце, капіта́лBelarusian
  • гла́вна бу́ква, главен, капите́л, капита́л, основенBulgarian
  • capital, capitell, excel·lent, majúscula, lletra majúsculaCatalan, Valencian
  • kapitál, velké písmeno, hlaviceCzech
  • cyfalafWelsh
  • Kapital, Großbuchstabe, Groß-, großartig, KapitellGerman
  • κεφάλαιο, κιονόκρανο, κεφαλαίος, κεφαλαιώδηςGreek
  • capital, mayúscula, excelente, capitelSpanish
  • kapital, kapiteelEstonian
  • سرمایهPersian
  • mahtava, versaalikirjain, pääasiallinen, iso, versaali, fantastinen, iso kirjain, suurenmoinen, pääoma, majuskeli, ensisijainen, loistava, kapiteeliFinnish
  • capital, majuscule, chapiteau, excellentFrench
  • caipiteal, ceannlitirIrish
  • airgead-calpaScottish Gaelic
  • capitalGalician
  • bun-argidManx
  • הוןHebrew
  • राजधानीHindi
  • tőke, nagybetű, oszlopfőHungarian
  • կապիտալ, մեծատառArmenian
  • modal, kapitalIndonesian
  • kapitaloIdo
  • höfuðborgIcelandic
  • capitale, eccellente, magnifico, maiuscola, maiuscolo, splendido, ottimo, principale, capitelloItalian
  • 素晴らしい, 優れた, 資本, 大文字, 致命的, 柱頭, 主要, 主Japanese
  • კაპიტალი, დიდი ასო, ასომთავრულიGeorgian
  • қаражатKazakh
  • ಬಂಡವಾಳKannada
  • 가장 중요한, 어퍼케이스, 資本, 대사, 자본, 대문자, 사형, 최상의, 大文字, 최고의Korean
  • urbeLatin
  • pūmatua, moni haupū, moni haupū rawaMāori
  • капиталMacedonian
  • മരണ ശിക്ഷ, മൂലധനംMalayalam
  • modalMalay
  • excellent, uitstekend, kapiteel, kapitaal, hoofd-, hoofd(letter), hoofdletter, dood(straf)Dutch
  • kapitał, duża litera, wielka litera, nagłówekPolish
  • capital, [[letra]] [[maiúscula]], excelente, maiúsculo, capitel, fundamental, maiúsculaPortuguese
  • capital, chapital, chapitêlRomansh
  • capitalRomanian
  • капита́л, основной, главный, загла́вная бу́ква, заглавный, капите́ль, отличный, больша́я бу́ква, бога́тство, превосходный, капитальный, прописна́я бу́ква, большой, состоя́ниеRussian
  • капитал, kapitalSerbo-Croatian
  • kapitálSlovak
  • kapitalSlovene
  • kapitalAlbanian
  • versal, kapital, stor bokstav, huvudsakligSwedish
  • పెట్టుబడి, సంపదTelugu
  • kabisera, kapitalTagalog
  • anapara, kapital, büyük, anamal, büyük harf, sermayeTurkish
  • бага́тство, капіта́лUkrainian
  • سرمایہUrdu
  • tư bản, chính, vốnVietnamese
  • mayudik, mayud, katädVolapük

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