Find your perfect word!
Definition capital
Etymology
From Middle English capital, borrowed from Latin capit?lis (�of the head�) (in sense �head of cattle�), from caput (�head�) (English cap). Use in trade and finance originated in Medieval economies when a common but expensive transaction involved trading heads of cattle.
Compare chattel and kith and kine (�all one�s possessions�), which also use �cow� to mean �property�.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
capital (countable and uncountable, plural capitals)
- (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
- (uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
- (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
- (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
- (countable) An uppercase letter.
- (countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
- (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
- (countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
Adjective
capital (not comparable)
- Of prime importance.
- Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
- (comparable, Britain, dated) Excellent.
- Involving punishment by death.
- Uppercase.
- Of or relating to the head.
Results 413 Words with the letters CAPITAL
14 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
13 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
12 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
11 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
10 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
9 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
8 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
7 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
6 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
5 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
4 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
3 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
2 letter words with the letters CAPITAL ↑
You can also try words with the phrase CAPITAL, words starting with the letters CAPITAL, or words ending in the letters CAPITAL.
Favorites Searches
Words… ending with q, starting with q, starting with qa, starting with qo, with two letters, starting with x, starting with j, ending with j,
Some random searches: Words with the letters GAAE, Words with the letters HIEVW, Words with the letters WGUQ, Words with the letters GCWXDE,