CAPITALIST Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈka-pə-tə-list

Definition of capitalist

as in have

a wealthy person capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash

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adjective

variants or capitalistic

as in economic

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Noun

Doctors and venture capitalists, mothers and fathers, even your grandparents are slipping away from their jobs and their families to take psychedelics and connect with God. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 In a weekend post responding to Amodei's essay, Sacks, a venture capitalist with investments in AI startups, said the two leading model developers should police themselves rather than asking the government to do it. — Lora Kolodny,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Adjective

While this might seem like capitalist sacrilege, Gearin says there’s historical precedent for Indigenous peoples using plant medicine as a tool to navigate the practical demands of the world. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 Birth rates have plunged in social democracies and capitalist autocracies alike. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for capitalist

Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist

Noun

His image suggests an instinct for how a certain can’t-have-it distance is a condition of cool and bankability.

— David Lê, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026
And is a 165-pound back your best north-south option on a gotta-have-it conversion when Micah Welch, who outweighs Taylor by 50 pounds, could hammer it home?

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of have

Adjective

Advertisement Perhaps more importantly, the bloc is incorporating climate into the core of its economic planning.

— Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
Hichilema’s stance matches that of regional rivals who are trying to use the scramble for critical minerals to drive economic development.

— Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of economic

Adjective

Georgia Power recently opened a 128-megawatt commercial battery storage facility.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
His appointment adds commercial experience in both the fiber markets Circulose serves and the recycling technologies supplying them.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of commercial

Noun

That was in part to force the fathers to pay child maintenance, thus saving taxpayers’ money, but also supposedly to save the souls of both parents.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
The page’s owners pled guilty to state criminal charges of conspiracy and money laundering, leading to the site’s shutdown in 2018.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of money

Noun

The shipping magnate led Hong Kong from 1997 to 2005, steering it through the Asian financial crisis, deadly SARS outbreak and massive protests over a controversial anti-treason law.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
The President, who likes his steak well done and slathered in ketchup, met with a Brazilian beef magnate named Joesley Batista, who in the past had admitted to making large payments to public officials and was briefly jailed.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of magnate

Noun

Love Synced is a new dating show which uses algorithms to find a handsome billionaire his perfect match.

— L.M. Chilton, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
With no fair government review, this fight pits individual families against corporations and billionaires with in-house legal teams, powerful lobbyists and endless public relations resources.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

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