MAJUSCULE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
   • capitals were kept in the upper half of the
   Synonym(s)
   • capital (what does capital mean?)
   • capital letter (what does capital letter mean?)
   • upper-case letter (what does upper-case letter mean?)
   • upper case (what does upper case mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases
   Hypernyms(s) majuscule is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • character (what does character mean?)
   • grapheme (what does grapheme mean?)
   • graphic symbol (what does graphic symbol mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • small letter (what does small letter mean?)
   • lower case (what does lower case mean?)
   • lower-case letter (what does lower-case letter mean?)
   • minuscule (what does minuscule mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • small capital (what does small capital mean?)
   • small cap (what does small cap mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • capitalize (what does capitalize mean?)
   • capitalise (what does capitalise mean?)
   • capitalize (what does capitalize mean?)
   • capitalise (what does capitalise mean?)

MAJUSCULE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • uppercase
   Synonym(s)
   • capital (what does capital mean?)
   • great (what does great mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • capital A
   • great A
   • many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script
   Similar To
   • uppercase (what does uppercase mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters
   • 4th to 8th centuries
   Antonym(s)
   • minuscule (what does minuscule mean?)
   • minuscular (what does minuscular mean?)
   See Also
   • uppercase (what does uppercase mean?)