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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Recent Examples of capitalist

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Tech Startups By the time Morgan Stanley took Apple public in December 1980 at $22 a share, Rosen was onto his next career as a venture capitalist. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Venture capitalists are quickly adopting AI for tasks like sourcing and research, with firms leveraging it to structure meeting notes and manage institutional memory. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Adjective

Comparing himself to anti-capitalist killer Luigi Mangione, the suspect has sparked online debate in Southern California’s warehouse belt over crushing living costs, stagnant pay and growing sympathy for politically motivated destruction. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 In so doing it recodes the aesthetic flows the museum celebrates here as of course made visible by newly total conditions of capitalist flow. — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for capitalist

Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist

Noun

Separating the must-haves from the nice-to-haves can help parents decide where to hold firm and where a splurge might fit within the family budget.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026
Lumbar support for those of us with a weak core can certainly dial up the comfort level, while footrests and contoured or cushioned seats are other nice-to-haves as well.

— Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of have

Adjective

Race could change research The economic scale of AI development adds another layer to the dispute.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank, said Trump would be repeating the same policy mistake as his predecessor, Democratic former President Joe Biden.

— BILL BARROW, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of economic

Adjective

At the time, there was no real professional scene for female fighters, with the major promoters not seeing any commercial value in it.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Exhibitions of Evans’s work were put up in galleries and churches—the artist taking on the lesser, commercial labor of drawing an audience.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of commercial

Noun

This Gulf Coast city is Florida’s arts capital, with a cultural compound that grew from the fortunes of circus magnate John Ringling.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
The promise of Kroenke, a multi-sport magnate who has won championships in the NBA, NHL and NFL, provided some of the optimism expressed this week.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of magnate

Noun

The Dodgers’ billionaire owner, hardly an average fan, is under intense scrutiny these days, following the sale of his controlling interest in the Lakers and a federal investigation into his business dealings.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Miami billionaire and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has loaned a rare painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

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