Synonyms for capital letter
cap·i·tal let·ter

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1. capital letternoun

   Synonyms:
   big letter, uppercase letter, upper case letter, capital

   Antonyms:
   lowercase letter, small letter, lower-case letter

2. capital letternoun

   An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc.

   Synonyms:
   capital, uppercase letter, upper case letter, big letter

   Antonyms:
   lower-case letter, small letter, lowercase letter

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1. 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

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1. capital letter

   Synonyms:
   capital, large letter

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1. capital letternoun

   Synonyms:
   majuscule (ancient manuscripts)

   Associated words:
   cyriologic

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1. Samuel McChord Crothers:

   A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.