Meaning of CAPITALIST
| Pronunciation: | | 'kapitlist
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- [n] a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
- [n] an advocate of capitalism
- [adj] favoring or practicing capitalism
- [adj] of or relating to capitalism or capitalists; "a capitalist nation"; "capitalistic methods and incentives"
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| | Synonyms: | | bourgeois, capitalistic, capitalistic, competitive, free-enterprise(a), individualistic, laissez-faire(a), private-enterprise(a), rugged individualist |
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| | Antonyms: | | socialist, socialistic | | |
| | See Also: | | Astor, bearer, bourgeois, businessperson, conservative, conservativist, financier, holder, human, individual, investor, John Jacob Astor, materialist, moneymaker, moneyman, mortal, person, profiteer, somebody, someone, soul | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cap"i*tal*ist\, n. [Cf. F. capitaliste.]
One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or
money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is
employed in business.
The expenditure of the capitalist. --Burke.
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| | Related Terms: | | billionaire, bloated plutocrat, bourgeois, Daddy Warbucks, economist, fat cat, finance capitalist, financial expert, financier, free-enterprise, individualist, individualistic, investor, man of means, man of substance, man of wealth, millionaire, moneybags, moneyed man, moneyman, multimillionaire, nabob, nonsocialistic, parvenu, plutocrat, private-enterprise, rich man, richling, rugged individualist, Wall Streeter, warm man, wealthy man |
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