Synonyms of barons

barons

noun

plural of baron

as in magnates

a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field

a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• magnates
• tycoons
• kings
• princes
• lords
• czars
• moguls
• lions
• monarchs
• Napoleons
• stars
• captains
• figures
• notables
• bigwigs
• nabobs
• heavyweights
• nawabs
• VIPs
• big guns
• personages
• big boys
• heavies
• biggies
• big shots
• kahunas
• movers and shakers
• big wheels
• honchos
• celebrities
• superstars
• supremos
• fat cats
• deities
• personalities
• main men
• gods
• pooh-bahs
• big cheeses
• bigfeet
• demigods

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subordinates
• lightweights
• underlings
• inferiors
• half-pints
• small-timers
• nobodies
• zeros

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of barons

The writer and former white supremacist Richard Hanania was once the toast of MAGA-curious tech barons and reactionary intellectuals. — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

Action sweeps from America’s railroad barons to Vienna’s stock market crash. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 4 July 2026

This was perhaps the greatest bifurcation of the labor force seen since the days of land barons. — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Lipstye and others worried that Shelter Island was becoming a place dominated by wealthy barons who weren’t necessarily invested in the community — a place, in short, like the South Fork. — Reeves Wiedeman, Curbed, 22 June 2026

As recounted by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Cimino ran long and went over budget on his epic drama about the Johnson County War, which saw cattle barons attacking immigrant laborers in late 19th-century Wyoming. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026

Workers endured dangerous conditions, poverty wages and widening inequality while industrial barons amassed extraordinary power. — Tom Debley, Mercury News, 16 June 2026

Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions — rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders, and billionaire miners — move in for the kill, with billions of dollars at stake. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 June 2026

Newspapers held enormous power during the era, especially over the wealthy elite and the auto barons. — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 30 May 2026