Meanings
nouncapital letter (plural capital letters)
plural capital letters
- An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc.
Synonyms: big letter, capital, majuscule, upper-case letter, upper case, uppercase · Antonyms: minuscule, small letter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
nounone of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans hoofletter
- hoofletterupper-case letter
Arabic حَرْف كَبِير
- حَرْف كَبِير (ḥarf kabīr)upper-case letter
Bengali বড় হাতের অক্ষর
- বড় হাতের অক্ষর (boṛ hater okkhor)upper-case letter
Bulgarian гла́вна бу́ква, голя́ма бу́ква
- гла́вна бу́ква (glávna búkva)upper-case letter
- голя́ма бу́ква (goljáma búkva)upper-case letter
Catalan lletra majúscula, majúscula
- lletra majúsculaupper-case letter
- majúsculaupper-case letter
Chinese Mandarin 大寫字母 /大写字母, 大寫 /大写
- 大寫字母 /大写字母 (dàxiě zìmǔ)upper-case letter
- 大寫 /大写 (dàxiě)upper-case letter
Czech velké písmeno, majuskule
- velké písmenoupper-case letter
- majuskuleupper-case letter
Danish stort bogstav
- stort bogstavupper-case letter
Dutch hoofdletter, majuskel
- hoofdletterupper-case letter
- majuskelupper-case letter
Esperanto majusklo, ĉeflitero
- majuskloupper-case letter
- ĉefliteroupper-case letter
Estonian suurtäht
- suurtähtupper-case letter
Finnish suuraakkonen, iso kirjain
- suuraakkonenupper-case letter
- iso kirjainupper-case letter
- versaaliupper-case letter
- versaalikirjainupper-case letter
- majuskeliupper-case letter
French majuscule
- majusculeupper-case letter
German Großbuchstabe, Majuskel
- Großbuchstabeupper-case letter
- Majuskelupper-case letter
- Kapitalbuchstabeupper-case letter
- Versalupper-case letter
- Versalbuchstabeupper-case letter
- Versalieupper-case letter
Greek κεφαλαίο γράμμα, κεφαλαίο
- κεφαλαίο γράμμα (kefalaío grámma)upper-case letter
- κεφαλαίο (kefalaío)upper-case letter
Hebrew אוֹת גְּדוֹלָה
- אוֹת גְּדוֹלָה (ot g'dolá)upper-case letter
Hindi बड़ा अक्षर
- बड़ा अक्षर (baṛā akṣar)upper-case letter
Hungarian nagybetű, majuszkula
- nagybetűupper-case letter
- majuszkulaupper-case letter
Icelandic hástafur
- hástafurupper-case letter
Indonesian huruf besar
- huruf besarupper-case letter
Irish ceannlitir
- ceannlitirupper-case letter
Italian maiuscolo, maiuscola
- maiuscoloupper-case letter
- maiuscolaupper-case letter
Japanese 大文字
- 大文字 (ōmoji)upper-case letter
Korean 대문자
- 대문자 (daemunja)upper-case letter
Latvian lielais burts
- lielais burtsupper-case letter
Lithuanian didžioji raidė
- didžioji raidėupper-case letter
Malay huruf besar
- huruf besarupper-case letter
Māori pūmatua
- pūmatuaupper-case letter
Norwegian Bokmål majuskel, versal
- majuskelupper-case letter
- versalupper-case letter
Polish majuskuła, duża litera
- majuskułaupper-case letter
- duża literaupper-case letter
- wielka literaupper-case letter
Portuguese maiúscula, letra maiúscula
- maiúsculaupper-case letter
- letra maiúsculaupper-case letter
Romanian majusculă, literă mare
- majusculăupper-case letter
- literă mareupper-case letter
Russian прописна́я бу́ква, загла́вная бу́ква
- прописна́я бу́ква (propisnája búkva)upper-case letter
- загла́вная бу́ква (zaglávnaja búkva)upper-case letter
- больша́я бу́ква (bolʹšája búkva)upper-case letter
Slovak veľké písmeno
- veľké písmenoupper-case letter
Spanish letra capital, letra versal
- letra capitalupper-case letter
- letra versalupper-case letter
- letra titularupper-case letter
Swedish stor bokstav, versal
- stor bokstavupper-case letter
- versalupper-case letter
Tagalog malaking titik
- malaking titikupper-case letter
Thai อักษรตัวใหญ่
- อักษรตัวใหญ่ (àk-sɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-yài)upper-case letter
Turkish büyük harf, büyük
- büyük harfupper-case letter
- büyükupper-case letter
Ukrainian вели́ка лі́тера, вели́ка бу́ква
- вели́ка лі́тера (velýka lítera)upper-case letter
- вели́ка бу́ква (velýka búkva)upper-case letter
- заголо́вна лі́тера (zaholóvna lítera)upper-case letter
- заголо́вна бу́ква (zaholóvna búkva)upper-case letter
Urdu بَڑا حَرْف
- بَڑا حَرْف (baṛā harf)upper-case letter
Vietnamese chữ hoa
- chữ hoaupper-case letter
Cite this entry
APA
capital letter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capital%20letter
MLA
“capital letter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capital%20letter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “capital letter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capital%20letter.
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