lowercase

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, minuscule, small letter, lowercased

Antonyms

uppercase

Scrabble Score: 14

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

Words With Friends Score: 16

lowercase: valid Words With Friends Word