3. principal, assets, stock, investment; funds, moneys, finances, savings, hard cash, liquid assets; cash, reserve, means, wherewithal, working capital, supply, resources, revenue, ways and means; wealth, riches, treasure.
-adj. 4. principal, chief, main, important; major, prime, paramount, ultimate, cardinal; first, primary, foremost, initial, front, head; dominant, predominant, preeminent, uppermost, topmost, utmost, master; crowning, leading, greatest, ruling, overruling; definitive, conclusive, determinative; key, vital, crucial, central, essential.
5. excellent, first-rate, first-class, fine, Inf. super, Inf. superfine, Inf. champion, SI. class, SI. supercali-fragilisticexpialidocious; unexcelled, unsurpassed, unmatched, matchless, peerless, inimitable, incomparable; superior, choice, select, Inf. crack, Inf. of the first water; outstanding, preeminent, foremost, classic, best, top, Inf. topnotch, Inf. tiptop, Inf. A-l; highest, superlative, grand, perfect, supreme, consummate. capitalism, n. free enterprise, laissez-faire; exploitation, dog-eat-dog. capitalist, n. 1. financier, investor, moneyman, banker, tycoon, baron.
2. rich man, man of means, moneybags, millionaire, multimillionaire, billionaire; plutocrat, nabob, SI. fat cat, SI. big fish. capitalize, v. 1. take advantage of, put to advantage, make the most of, turn to account, cash in on; seize the day, strike while the iron is hot, make hay while the sun shines; use, exploit, milk, bleed, drain, suck dry.
2. turn a profit, turn a penny, make a buck, realize on.
3. finance, back, fund, sponsor, pay for, Inf. angle, Inf. stake, SI. bankroll, SI. foot the bill. capitol, n. Statehouse, legislative building; legislature. capitulate, v. 1. surrender, give up, lay down arms, raise the white flag, cry craven; yield, submit, succumb, fall, bite the dust; acknowledge defeat, come to terms; throw in the towel or the sponge, throw up one's hands; call it quits, SI. pack it in, give up the ship.
2. acquiesce, comply, accede, give in, cry or say uncle; concede, accede, agree, concur; yield, cave in, bend, bow, relent, mellow, soften; back down, renege, retract, recant. capitulation, n. 1. surrender, submission, yielding; acquiescence, compliance, accedence, concession, nonresistance.
2. summary, summation, digest, abstract, r£sum£, synopsis, conspectus; enumeration, numeration, list, listing, catalogue. caprice, n. 1. vagary, notion, crank, impulse, brain wave; whim, whimsy, fancy, humor, crotchet, maggot; idiosyncrasy, idiocrasy, peculiarity, eccentricity, quirk, oddity; erraticism, turn, twist, fit; fad, craze.
2. whimsicality, capriciousness, fickleness, frivolity, volatility. capricious, adj. whimsical, fanciful, impulsive, moody, crotchety; fickle, skittish, inconstant, moon-ish, changeable, changeful, variable, faddish; flighty, mercurial, volatile, undependable, unsteady, unstable; fitful, erratic, irregular, spasmodic, uneven; irresolute, uncertain, indecisive, undecided, vacillating, wavering, shilly-shallying, infirm of purpose; irresponsible, wayward, wanton, lawless; heteroclite, deviative, stray. capsize, v. overturn, turn over, upend, keel over, knock over, tip over, Inf. turn turtle; upset, overset, overthrow.