Main entry: majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase, capital, capital letter
Definition: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Usage: 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
Antonyms: lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter
Definition: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Main entry: capital
Definition: of primary importance
Usage: our capital concern was to avoid defeat
Antonyms: secondary
Definition: being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
Main entry: capital
Definition: first-rate
Usage: a capital fellow; a capital idea
Antonyms: inferior
Definition: one of lesser rank or station or quality
Antonyms: inferior
Definition: of or characteristic of low rank or importance
Antonyms: inferior
Definition: of low or inferior quality
Antonyms: inferior
Definition: having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
Main entry: majuscule, capital, great
Definition: uppercase
Usage: capital A; great A; many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script
Antonyms: lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter
Definition: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Antonyms: lowercase
Definition: relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case