Synonyms for capital
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Cap — an uppercase letter
cap informal, caps, majuscule rare US, majusculae UK, chapiter rare
Definitions
- n. 1
An uppercase letter.
- n. 2
Money and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
He does not have enough capital to start a business.
Forms
- Plural
- capitals → caps, majuscules, chapiters, moneys…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- caps While you're in the classroom, take off your caps!
- money Have more month left over at the end of the money.
- fund There are several ways to fund postgraduate study.
By length
- 3 letters
- cap1
- 4 letters
- cash1, fund1, caps1
- 5 letters
- money2, stock1, asset2
- 8 letters
- chapiter
- 9 letters
- majuscule
- 10 letters
- metropolis4, majusculae
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (money2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- capitale
- Deutsch
- Hauptstadt