Definition of LOWERCASE

lowercase

Meanings

Noun

  • the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
  • Alternative form of lower case.

Adjective

  • relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
    • "lowercase letters; a and b and c etc"

Adj

  • In lower case.

Verb

  • To convert (text) to lower case.

Origin / Etymology

From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking.

Synonyms

lower-case letter, lowercased, minuscule, small letter

Antonyms

uppercase

Scrabble Score: 14

lowercase is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
lowercase is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lowercase is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

lowercase is a valid Words With Friends word