NAPOLEONS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

Napoleons

noun

plural of Napoleon

as in magnates

a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field started out as a small-time banker but ultimately became a Napoleon of finance

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Noun

The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.

— Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Newspapers fell into the hands of magnates who advanced their own interests.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Definition of magnates

Noun

The entrepreneur’s efforts secured him a place on the list of the Philippines’ 50 richest in a challenging year when a weaker peso took a toll on the total wealth of the country’s tycoons, which shrank 8% to $79 billion.

— Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
That has created mounting public resistance as tech companies concentrate historic levels of wealth in the hands of a select group of tycoons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of tycoons

Noun

Spain moves kings’ remains to avoid fire Spanish authorities on Thursday night transferred the remains of three 11th century kings from a monastery in the northeastern Aragón region near an active wildfire.

— Angela Charlton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Clean water and advanced medicine, for example, are now commonplace across much of the developed world despite once being a luxury even kings and queens couldn’t reliably access.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of kings

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To ensure compliance, three imperial princes were tasked with personally notifying senior Japanese military commanders of the surrender.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
The Belgian princesses and princes have all been busy with their education, with a recent milestone being King Philippe and Queen Mathilde traveling to Boston for Princess Elisabeth’s graduation ceremonies.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026

Definition of princes

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For generations, the Sea had been the lifeblood of the Karakalpak people, who lived as seminomadic pastoralists under various rulers, including khanates, tsars, the USSR, and now independent Uzbekistan.

— Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
Büttner, who is not Jewish, serves as one of 15 state antisemitism czars in Germany, which also has a federal antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein.

— Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of czars

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This transfer leaves more than 20 lions and tigers at Luján while Four Paws searches for their long-term homes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
African lions are considered vulnerable, zoo officials said, adding that their population has decreased by 50% over the last 25 years because of habitat loss, loss of prey and conflicts between humans and lions.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of lions

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Like the barons of New York a century ago, Ackman seems to be trying to shift the landscape to create another corridor, one fitted to his own interests.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2026
With Abby’s constant scheming and Gary’s connection to the wealthy Ewing family of oil barons, fans tuned in every week to see what major scandal would rock the tony California town.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026

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