Definition of Capital

Noun

  • the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
  • a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories
    - das kapital
  • the federal government of the United States
    - washington
  • a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
    "the crime capital of Italy"
    "the drug capital of Columbia"
  • 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"
    - capital letter - upper case letter
  • a seat of government
  • wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
  • assets available for use in the production of further assets
    - working capital

Adjective

  • uppercase
    "capital A"
    "great A"
    "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
  • of primary importance
    "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
  • first-rate
    "a capital fellow"
    "a capital idea"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Word games points for the Capital

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Unscramble capital

89 unscramble word found using the letters capital.
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