| Main Entry: | businessperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional working person |
Synonyms: |
baron, big wheel, big-time operator, businessman, businesswoman, capitalist, career person, dealer, employer, entrepreneur, executive, financier, franchiser, gray flannel suit, industrialist, manager, merchandiser, merchant, operator, organization person, small potatoes, storekeeper, suit*, the bacon, tradesperson, trafficker, tycoon, wheeler-dealer, working woman |
| Main Entry: | capitalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged in private ownership of business |
Synonyms: |
backer, banker, bourgeois, businessperson, entrepreneur, financier, investor, landowner, moneybags, one who signs the checks, plutocrat, the boss, the money |
Antonyms: |
communist |
| Main Entry: | dealer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business owner |
Synonyms: |
banker, bursar, businessperson, chandler, changer, dispenser, marketer, merchandiser, merchant, retailer, trader, tradesperson, trafficker, vendor, wholesaler |
Antonyms: |
customer |
| Main Entry: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
Synonyms: |
CEO, CO, big shot, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, head honcho, juice*, kingpin, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, slavedriver, superintendent, supervisor, workers big cheese |
| Main Entry: | entrepreneur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who starts a business alone |
Synonyms: |
administrator, backer, businessperson, contractor, executive, founder, impressario, industrialist, manager, organizer, producer, promoter, undertaker |
| Main Entry: | executive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who manages an organization |
Synonyms: |
CEO, CO, VIP, administration, administrator, big wheel, boss, brass, businessperson, chief, commander, director, directorate, entrepreneur, exec, government, governor, head, head honcho, head person, heavyweight, hierarchy, higher-up, industrialist, key player, leader, leadership, management, manager, officer, official, skipper, supervisor, top brass, tycoon |
| Main Entry: | financier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who lends money, advises |
Synonyms: |
Santa Claus, backer, banker, bankroller, broker, businessperson, capitalist, entrepreneur, fat cat, grubstaker, manipulator, merchant, money, money lender, moneybags, operator, person who writes the checks, rich person, speculator, sponsor, staker, stockbroker, tycoon, usurer |
| Main Entry: | magnate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | important person, usually in business |
Synonyms: |
VIP, aristocrat, bigwig, businessperson, capitalist, captain of industry, chief, figure, financier, industrialist, leader, lion*, merchant, mogul, name, noble, notable, peer, personage, plutocrat, tycoon |
| Notes: | a magnate is a very wealthy, influential, or powerful person or businessperson, while a magnet is a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field |
Antonyms: |
lowly |
| Main Entry: | merchant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who sells goods |
Synonyms: |
broker, businessperson, consigner, dealer, exporter, handler, jobber, marketer, operator, retailer, salesperson, seller, sender, shipper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, tradesperson, trafficker, tycoon, vendor, wholesaler |
Antonyms: |
buyer, customer |
| Main Entry: | salesperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | salesman/woman |
Synonyms: |
businessperson, clerk, dealer, peddler, rep, sales assistant, sales rep, sales representative, salesclerk, salesgirl, saleslady, seller, store clerk, traveling salesperson, vendor |