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| Main Entry: | capitalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged in private ownership of business |
| Synonyms: | backer, banker, bourgeois, businessperson, entrepreneur, financier, investor, plutocrat, landowner, moneybags, one who signs the checks, the boss, the money |
| Antonyms: | communist |
| Main Entry: | banker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional in financial institution |
| Synonyms: | broker, capitalist, dealer, financier, house, investor, manager, officer, teller, treasurer, croupier, money-lender, usurer |
| Main Entry: | businessperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional working person |
| Synonyms: | baron, big wheel*, capitalist, dealer, employer, entrepreneur, executive, financier, industrialist, manager, merchant, operator, storekeeper, suit*, tycoon, wheeler-dealer*, big-time operator, businessman, businesswoman, career person, franchiser, gray flannel suit, merchandiser, organization person, small potatoes, the bacon, tradesperson, trafficker, working woman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
| Synonyms: | big shot*, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, juice*, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket*, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, superintendent, supervisor, CEO, CO, head honcho, kingpin, slavedriver, workers big cheese |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | financier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who lends money, advises |
| Synonyms: | Santa Claus*, backer, banker, broker, businessperson, capitalist, entrepreneur, fat cat*, manipulator, merchant, money, operator*, speculator, sponsor, tycoon, bankroller, grubstaker, money lender, moneybags, person who writes the checks, rich person, staker, stockbroker, usurer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, chief, figure, financier, industrialist, leader, lion*, merchant, mogul, name, noble, notable, peer, personage, plutocrat, tycoon, captain of industry |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tycoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has a lot of money, power |
| Synonyms: | administrator, big shot*, boss, capitalist, director, entrepreneur, executive, fat cat*, financier, industrialist, investor, magnate, mogul, business person, captain of industry, wealthy person |
| Antonyms: | pauper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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