English noun: upper-case letter | |||
1. | upper-case letter (communication) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | ||
Samples | 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 | capital, capital letter, majuscule, uppercase | ||
Broader (hypernym) | character, grapheme, graphic symbol | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | small cap, small capital | ||
Antonyms | lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter | ||