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

The city’s millionaire population has doubled since 2014 to more than 81,000, according to Henley & Partners. —Robert Frank, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026

But some research has found that millionaires actually are less likely to move than people lower down the income ladder. —Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026

Instead of finding further savings opportunities or implementing cuts, the administration had focused on lobbying the state to implement options like raising income taxes for millionaires and hiking corporate tax rates. —Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026

Gamage argued the warnings of mass exodus following Massachusetts’ 2022 millionaires’ tax and Washington’s 2021 capital gains tax hadn’t been borne out. —Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026

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)