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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

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. Virginia Canter:

   It's hard to say if you're a clear winner or not just depending whether you come into the government, whether your selling would actually incur capital gains, whether it will allow you to diversity a portfolio of holdings that would otherwise be very concentrated.

2. Shaun Kingsbury:

   We are now very close to our expected long-term investment rate of 800 million to 1 billion pounds per year, while capital from the UK government was an important start it will not be enough to sustain our level of investment. From the outset it was always part of the plan that we would need to raise additional capital from the private sector to supplement government funding.

3. Josh Brown:

   This is why I recommend that all franchisees have six to nine months of working capital available before buying a franchise.

4. Ron Boire:

   We're going to make some of those tough decision about businesses in short order, we have all of the ... capital capability that we need to fund the transformation and operation of the business. We're very comfortable with that.

5. Ian Russell:

   The conflation of poor business conditions, widespread structural change in capital markets, and regulatory reform, has forced adjustments in the structural framework of the venture marketplace.