cap·i·tal·ist
ˈka-pə-tə-list 
ˈkap-tə-
1
: a person who has capital especially invested in business
industrial capitalists
2
: a person who favors capitalism
variants
or capitalistic
ˌka-pə-tə-ˈli-stik
ˌkap-tə-
1
: owning capital
the capitalist class
2
a
: practicing or advocating capitalism
capitalist nations
b
: marked by capitalism
capitalist period of history
Examples of capitalist in a Sentence
Noun
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Diana Olick, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The result of skilled labor, universities, banks and existing industry bonding together becomes clear in many ways, including, of course, a top layer of entrepreneurs and capitalists owning and deploying billions of Swiss Francs.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
Canavan suggests that machine overlords can represent capitalist forces as well as communist ones.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 29 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The result of skilled labor, universities, banks and existing industry bonding together becomes clear in many ways, including, of course, a top layer of entrepreneurs and capitalists owning and deploying billions of Swiss Francs.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
As Black women mourn her loss and grapple with the realities of a capitalist system that devalues our lives and labor, we are comforted by the legacy Assata Shakur leaves behind.
—Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
Canavan suggests that machine overlords can represent capitalist forces as well as communist ones.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalist. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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