capital

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Of or pertaining to the head.

2. 2noun

   Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.

3. 3noun

   First in importance; chief; principal.

4. 4noun

   Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.

5. 5noun

   Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.

6. 6noun

   The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

7. 7noun

   The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.

8. 8noun

   Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.

9. 9adjective

   That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.

10. 10adjective

    Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.

11. 11adjective

    An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

12. 12adjective

    A chapter, or section, of a book.

13. 13adjective

    See Capital letter, under Capital, a.

14. 14noun

    the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

    Synonyms

    capchapiter
15. 15noun

    one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

    "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"

    Synonyms

    majusculeuppercase
16. 16noun

    a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories

17. 17noun

    the federal government of the United States

    Synonyms

    washington
18. 18noun

    a seat of government

19. 19noun

    a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product

    "the crime capital of Italy"

    "the drug capital of Columbia"

20. 20noun

    wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

21. 21noun

    assets available for use in the production of further assets

22. 22adjective

    uppercase

    "capital A"

    "great A"

    Synonyms

    greatmajuscule
23. 23adjective

    of primary importance

    "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"

24. 24adjective

    first-rate

    "a capital fellow"

    "a capital idea"