English

Alternative forms

• lowercase

Noun

lower case ‎(uncountable)

1. The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).

   The strongest passwords are those which mix numbers and letters, upper case and lower case, and symbols.

Usage notes

Pedantically, lowercase and uppercase describe type, minuscule and majuscule handwriting, while small and capital are more generally applied to any letters, including painted, engraved, etc.

Synonyms

• small letter
• minuscule

Antonyms

• uppercase, upper case
• majuscule
• capital, cap
• big letter
• block letter

Derived terms

• lower-case (adjective)

Translations

Related terms

• case-dependent, case dependent
• caseless
• case-sensitive, case sensitive
• case-insensitive, case insensitive
• mixed-case, mixed case
• small capital, small cap
• uppercase, upper case

References

1. ↑ Glossary of Typesetting Terms, by Richard Eckersley, Charles Ellerston, Richard Hendel, Page 18