capital letter

Noun

1.

capital letter - 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: majuscule, upper case, upper-case letter, capital

capital, character, grapheme, graphic symbol, majuscule, small cap, small capital, upper case, upper-case letter