Definition of capital

What does the word capital mean? Find synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of the word capital in our free online dictionary! Find words starting with capital and anagrams of capital.
Lookup capital in the Scrabble Dictionary

capital - 12 definitions

- noun
1. capital -- assets available for use in the production of further assets
synonyms: working capital
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. capital -- wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. capital -- a seat of government
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. capital -- 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: capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule
antonyms: small letter -- the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. capital -- a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. Capital -- the federal government of the United States
synonyms: Capital, Washington
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. Das Kapital -- a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories
synonyms: Das Kapital, Capital
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. capital -- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
synonyms: chapiter, cap
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. capital, capitals -- the upper part of a column
synonyms: capitals
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
10. capital -- first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
11. capital -- of primary importance; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
12. capital -- uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
synonyms: great, majuscule
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
Scrabble Dictionary
 Collins
 Words with Friends
 Tournament Word List
 SOWPODS
 French
 Italian
Antonyms
small letter -- the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

Dictionary

Enter a word into the text field to generate a list of definitions for the searched term. The definitions page will show all of the meanings for the term as well as a list of synonyms that correspond with each definition.  

To the right of the definitions list, you will find information that will help with Words with Friends, Scrabble, and other word games. If the word is present in one of the official Scrabble dictionaries, each dictionary in which your searched term can be found will display with a checkmark beside it. 

Next, is a table showing the point value of the term for the most popular word games: Scrabble, Words with Friends, Lexulous, WordFeud and Text Twist. 

To see a list of all of the anagrams that can be made with your search term, look for the table titled “Anagrams”. Each of these terms is a link that will take you to a definition page for that term. Be sure to bookmark our Anagram Solver to use in the future. 

The most applicable synonyms to your search term will be shown in the “Synonym” table. Each of these terms is a link that will take you to a definition page for that term. 

The last table will contain words that end with, start with, or contain your search term. Each of the links in the box will take you to a separate page where you can view a list of terms that include your search term in various letter counts.

Games and tools: 

Scrabble Cheat: Beat the Cheaters or be the cheater, whatever it takes to win! 

WWF Cheat: Win at Words with Friends® with the Words with Words with Friends® Cheat using the entire board.

Text Twist
Beat the clock to make words from letters and get on the high score list
Challenge yourself to find as many words as possible within the time limit and test your skills against players by climbing the leaderboard. Play Text Twist today and start twisting those letters! You will be amazed by the words you can find.

☒