millionaire

noun

mil·​lion·​aire ˌmi(l)-yə-ˈner 

ˈmi(l)-yə-ˌner

: a person whose wealth is estimated at a million or more (as of dollars or pounds)

Examples of millionaire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Someone is going to be a millionaire by the end of the evening. —Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025

Anyone still laboring under the illusion that this is a populist administration needs to understand that ‘for the people’ means ‘only some of the people,’ usually the millionaires and billionaires. —Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2025

Yet others question whether anything like a Mamdani mayoralty would really provoke millionaires and billionaires to decamp. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025

But then some Gilded Age millionaires decided to buy a beach house (or two) because income tax hadn’t been invented yet. —Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

French millionnaire, from million, from Middle French milion

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing millionaire

• multi-millionaire

Rhymes for millionaire

• aftercare
• anywhere
• billionaire
• chinaware
• debonair
• dinnerware
• disrepair
• doctrinaire
• earthenware
• everywhere
• frigidaire
• kitchenware

Kids Definition

millionaire

noun

mil·​lion·​aire ˌmil-yə-ˈna(ə)r 

-ˈne(ə)r,

ˈmil-yə-ˌna(ə)r,

-ˌne(ə)r

: one whose wealth is estimated at a million or more (as of dollars)