majuscule

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	character, grapheme, graphic symbol,
definition	:	a written symbol that is used to represent speech (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	small cap, small capital,
definition	:	a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters (noun.communication)

2. uppercase (adj.all)

similar	:	uppercase,
definition	:	relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case (adj.all)

3. of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries (adj.all)

similar	:	majuscular,
definition	:	of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules (adj.all)

also	:	uppercase,
definition	:	relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case (adj.all)

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

antonym	:	lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter,
definition	:	the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case (noun.communication)

derivation	:	capitalise, capitalize,
definition	:	write in capital letters (verb.creation)

derivation	:	capital, great, majuscule,
definition	:	uppercase (adj.all)

derivation	:	majuscular,
definition	:	of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules (adj.all)

5. uppercase (adj.all)

derivation	:	capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase,
definition	:	one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis (noun.communication)

6. of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries (adj.all)

antonym	:	minuscular, minuscule,
definition	:	of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries (adj.all)

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

antonym	:	lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter,
definition	:	the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case (noun.communication)

derivation	:	capitalise, capitalize,
definition	:	write in capital letters (verb.creation)

derivation	:	capital, great, majuscule,
definition	:	uppercase (adj.all)

derivation	:	majuscular,
definition	:	of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules (adj.all)

8. uppercase (adj.all)

derivation	:	capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase,
definition	:	one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis (noun.communication)

9. of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries (adj.all)

antonym	:	minuscular, minuscule,
definition	:	of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries (adj.all)

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