Synonyms for capitalist
- noun
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Financier — someone whose wealth (capital) is invested in business ventures in order to return a profit
2. Economic liberal — A person who is a supporter of capitalism
Other
moneybags informal
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone whose wealth (capital) is invested in business ventures in order to return a profit.
Near-synonyms: businessman, financier, industrialist
- n. 2
A person who is a supporter of capitalism.
- adj. 1
Of, or pertaining to, capitalism.
Related words
- Word family
- capital capitalism capitalize
- Phrases
- capitalist anarchism venture capitalist
Forms
- Plural
- capitalists → financiers, industrialists, liberals…
Example sentences
- financier Jeffrey Epstein was a major financier of the anti-trans movement.
- industrialist Brenda's goal was to become a successful industrialist.
- liberal The publishers of that newspaper are very liberal.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| capitalist | falling | |
| financier | steady | |
| industrialist | falling | |
| liberal | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- liberal3
- 8 letters
- burgeois
- 9 letters
- bourgeois2, financier3, moneybags
- 12 letters
- capitalistic5
- 13 letters
- industrialist5
- 15 letters
- individualistic7
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liberal3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- capitaliste
- Italiano
- capitalista