Synonyms for shareholder
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.
Shareholders are the real owners of a publicly traded business, but management runs it.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- shareholders → stockholders, shareowners…
Example sentences
- stockholder I'm a stockholder in this company.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| shareholder | rising | |
| stockholder | falling | |
| shareowner | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 10 letters
- shareowner3
- 11 letters
- stockholder3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shareowner3 = 3 syllables).