| 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: | big deal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something or someone important |
Synonyms: |
VIP, big cheese, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, biggie, bigwig, boss, boss man, head honcho, hotshot, important person, top dog, tycoon, very important person |
| 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: | dictator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute ruler |
Synonyms: |
Hitler, absolutist, adviser, authoritarian, autocrat, boss, chief, commander, despot, disciplinarian, fascist, leader, magnate, mogul, oligarch, oppressor, ringleader, slavedriver, totalitarian, tycoon, tyrant, usurper |
| 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: | mogul |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has great power, many possessions |
Synonyms: |
VIP, executive, key player, king, magnate, notable, personage, potentate, prince, princess, queen, royalty, top brass, tycoon |
| Main Entry: | ruler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historically, person who ruled an area |
Synonyms: |
baron, baroness, caesar, caliph, contessa, count, countess, crowned head, czar, czarina, dame, duchess, duke, dynast, emperor, empress, gerent, imperator, kaiser, khan, king, lady, lord, magnate, maharajah, maharani, majesty, mikado, mogul, monarch, oligarch, overlord, pasha, potentate, prince, princess, queen, rajah, rani, rex, royal, shah, sovereign, sultan, sultana, tycoon |
Antonyms: |
commoner, subject |