Definition of capital

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  • capital is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • capital is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
  • capital is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of capital

  • the upper part of a column that supports the entablature (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cap
    2. chapiter
  • the federal government of the United States (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. washington
  • one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis (noun)

    Examples

    1. 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

    1. capital letter
    2. majuscule
    3. upper-case letter
    4. uppercase
  • assets available for use in the production of further assets (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. working capital
  • uppercase (adjective)

    Examples

    1. capital A

    Synonyms

    1. great
    2. majuscule
  • a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. das kapital
  • a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product (noun)

    Examples

    1. the crime capital of Italy
    2. the drug capital of Columbia
  • a seat of government (noun)
  • first-rate (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a capital fellow
    2. a capital idea
  • of primary importance (adjective)

    Examples

    1. our capital concern was to avoid defeat
  • wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value (noun)

See definition of capital in Merriam Webster