Synonyms and antonyms of General writing systems in British Thesaurus

alphabet (noun)

a set of letters in a particular order that are used for writing a language

alphabetical (adjective)

arranged according to the order of letters in the alphabet

alphabetise ()

a British spelling of alphabetize

alphabetize (verb)

to put a list in alphabetical order

block capitals (noun)

letters of the alphabet written in their large form, for example ‘A’ rather than ‘a’. Block capitals are often simply called capitals.

block letters (noun)

block capitals

capital (noun)

the large form of a letter, for example ‘A’ or ‘B’, that you use at the beginning of a sentence or name

capital (adjective)

a capital letter is the large form of a letter, for example ‘A’ or ‘B’, that you use at the beginning of a sentence or name

consonant (noun)

a letter of the alphabet used as a symbol for a consonant. All the letters of the English alphabet are consonants except for ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, and ‘u’, which are vowels.

initial (noun)

the first letter of a word

letter (noun)

a written symbol that is used to represent a sound used in speech

lettering (noun)

printed or written letters of the alphabet

script (noun)

a system of written letters and symbols

upper case (adjective)

upper case letters of the alphabet are capital letters, for example ‘A’, ‘F’, and ‘T’

vowel (noun)

one of the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, or ‘u’, used for representing these sounds. In English, ‘y’ is sometimes considered to be a vowel. The other letters are called consonants.