Capital

Quick meaning: Capital is a noun meaning (countable) The most important city in the field specified.

Meaning

(countable) The most important city in the field specified.

More Meanings

1. (countable) An uppercase letter.
2. (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
3. (countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
4. (uncountable, business, finance, insurance, economics) Money and wealth: the means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
5. (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
6. (uncountable, politics) The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.
7. (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: assets

He does not have enough capital to start a business.

He warned us darkly that capital will never be sated.

Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America.

Word Forms

• capitals
• capitall

Synonyms for capital

Depending on context, synonyms include asset, majuscule, majuscular, uppercase, chapiter, great.

Antonyms for capital

Common opposites include minuscule, lower-case.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include uppercase, upper case, majuscule, chapiter, great, cap.

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