LOWERCASE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

Synonyms:

lower-case letter; lowercase; minuscule; small letter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("lowercase" is a kind of...):

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)

Antonym:

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

Meaning:

Relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case

Example:

lowercase letters; a and b and c etc

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

little; minuscule; small (lowercase)

Also:

minuscular; minuscule (of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries)

Antonym:

uppercase (relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case)