| Main Entry: | industrialist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tycoon |
Synonyms: |
businessperson, captain of industry, manager, manufacturer, owner |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |