Synonyms for capital
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : kap-i-tl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæp ɪ tl |
Top 10 synonyms for capital Other synonyms for the word capital
- cap
- cardinal
- CD
- champion
- chief
- choice
- control
- controlling
- county seat
- crack
- dandy
- delightful
- deluxe
- dominant
- estate
- excellent
- famous
- finances
- fine
- first
- first-class
- first-rate
- five-star
- fly
- foremost
- fortune
- fundamental
- funds
- gold
- great
- important
- initial
- interests
- IRA
- kitty
- leading
- major
- majuscule
- means
- nest egg
- number one
- outstanding
- overruling
- paramount
- political front
- predominant
- preeminent
- primary
- prime
- principal
- principal city
- prominent
- property
- resources
- savings
- small cap
- splendid
- stake
- stock
- substance
- superb
- the Hill
- top
- top-notch
- treasure
- uncial
- underlying
- vital
- ways and means
- wealth
- wherewithal
- world-class
Définition of capital
Origin :- early 13c., "of or pertaining to the head," from Old French capital, from Latin capitalis "of the head," hence "capital, chief, first," from caput (genitive capitis) "head" (see capitulum).
- Meaning "principal" is early 15c. Of letters, "upper case," from late 14c. A capital crime (1520s) is one that affects the life or "head;" capital had a sense of "deadly, mortal" from late 14c. in English, a sense also found in Latin. The felt connection between "head" and "life, mortality" also existed in Old English: e.g. heafodgilt "deadly sin, capital offense," heafdes þolian "to forfeit life." Capital punishment was in Blackstone (1765) and classical Latin capitis poena.
- Capital gain is recorded from 1921. Capital goods is recorded from 1899. Of ships, "first-rate, of the line," attested from 1650s. Related: Capitally.
- adj main, essential
- adj superior
- noun financial assets
- noun city of governmental seat
- noun upper case written symbol
- Do this up to the limit of your capital and I will make good anything you lose.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And then we'll have to see about getting all our capital here.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- We formed a partnership, with a capital of sixty thousand dollars.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- "He'll make a capital workman one of these days," she would probably say.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- They pay taxes on their capital and surplus, not on their loans.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- Charles Lamb would have lived ecstatically at the Languedocian capital.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Jack Mallet and I, also, set up a shop, on a capital of three dollars.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- You are so rich, and so prudent, that the word in capital letters cannot frighten you.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- And the years must have enriched you—I daresay you've doubled your capital.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- He assented and muttered something about concentrations of capital.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
Antonyms for capital
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