Synonyms for CAPITAL
ˈkæp ɪ tlcap·i·tal

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1. capitalnoun

   An uppercase letter.

   Synonyms:
   majuscule, caps

   Antonyms:
   lower-case, minuscule

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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

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1. capital

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

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

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1. capital, working capitalnoun

   assets available for use in the production of further assets

   Synonyms:
   working capital, 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, 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, capital, 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, capital

    Antonyms:
    inferior, lowercase, secondary

Matched Categories

1. • Assets
   • Book
   • Center
   • Federal Government
   • Seat

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 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

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1. capitaladjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "capital":

   capitals, equity, capitale, immobilization, kapitaal, death, laundering, deduction, kapital, non-recurrent, investment, capitalization, money, crucial, funds, vital, financial, paramount, principal, metropolitan, capitalism, capital-, asset, funding

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1. capital

   Synonyms:
   Money

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1. Vadim Ghirda/AP:

   The municipal ‘ life support system ’ of the capital is operating normally. Currently, 30 % of consumers are without electricity. Due to emergency shutdowns, alexander Ermochenko/Reuters Kyiv residents have water and heat.

2. Bain Capital:

   All antitrust approvals have now been received and we are looking forward to closing this investment, the Bain Capital-led consortium has committed to make significant capital investments to help develop and grow semiconductor technology.

3. Jamie Dimon:

   If you've got to raise taxes, do it on the income of the wealthy, like a Buffett type of tax. That will be far more effective in growing the economy than taxing primary capital formation.

4. Abraham Lincoln:

   Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

5. Takeshi Minami:

   Big manufacturers appear a bit cautious about the outlook, probably due to uncertainty over China. But it's not as if they are all gloomy since U.S. demand remains strong, capital expenditure plans remain fairly strong, so I don't think we need to be too pessimistic about the economy.