| 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: | banker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional in financial institution |
Synonyms: |
broker, capitalist, croupier, dealer, financier, house, investor, manager, money-lender, officer, teller, treasurer, usurer |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | investor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financier |
Synonyms: |
backer, banker, capitalist, lender, shareholder, stockholder, venture capitalist |
| 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: | tycoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has a lot of money, power |
Synonyms: |
administrator, big shot, boss, business person, capitalist, captain of industry, director, entrepreneur, executive, fat cat, financier, industrialist, investor, magnate, mogul, wealthy person |
Antonyms: |
pauper |
| Main Entry: | plutocrat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealthy person with power |
Synonyms: |
capitalist, magnate, tycoon |