lion

noun

ˈlī-ən How to pronounce lion (audio)
Definition of lionnext
as in magnate
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field the book festival brought together two lions of contemporary poetry for a joint reading

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Recent Examples of lion The brand sells pouches of instant coffee and matcha, which contain 21 vitamins and minerals, and the functional mushrooms lion’s mane and chaga. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 July 2026 The not-so-obvious irony is that some 20,000 years ago, humans domesticated the wolf as protection from bears and lions. — Steve Searles, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 For the second time in a week, a package believed to be cocaine marked with an image of a lion washed up in the Florida Keys on Wednesday morning, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026 While the Sooryavanshi show played out, Abhishek Sharma was busy hammering the lion’s share of a 50-run stand. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for lion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lion
  1. magnate
  2. tycoon
  3. king
  4. prince
  5. lord
  6. baron
  7. star
  8. czar
Noun
  • San Luis Obispo county also boasts Hearst Castle, a state park once the mansion of the publishing magnate.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Real estate magnate Lee Miglin was discovered slain on May 4, 1997, in the garage of his Gold Coast home.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of magnate
Noun
  • Six years after the law's introduction, many leading activists, including pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai, were imprisoned under it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • Hernando Courtright, the owner of the Beverly Hills Hotel in the 1940s, decided to display a silver trophy cup belonging to his polo-playing friend and oil tycoon Charles Wrightsman in the hotel’s restaurant.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
Definition of tycoon
Noun
  • The War In times of peace, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) had hosted parties in their palace for all — even beggars were welcome.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • Jon Bernthal as Menelaus Menelaus is the king whose wife Helen sparked the Trojan War.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of king
Noun
  • Tom Holland plays Odysseus’ son — who was just a baby when his father left for the Trojan War —the prince of Ithaca, Telemachus.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • She’s set on turning a frog prince, Naveen, back into a human after he’s cursed by an evil voodoo witch doctor, Facilier.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2026
Definition of prince
Noun
  • In fact, challenging the rules of the digital road the tech lords have lucratively paved for themselves, the cases are but three of more than 2,000 such suits moving through a plethora of courts across the land against social media companies.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 July 2026
  • Much of this episode focused on Rhaenyra’s uncomfortable interactions with various lords and ladies in King’s Landing, from a hostile High Septon to Lord Corlys Velaryon to her new dragonriders.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of lord
Noun
  • That same shot also features Digger’s ailing pet cat, who is wearing a collar with a pendant that matches the oil baron’s bolo tie…as well as a cloudy blue eye that appears to be a strikingly similar hue.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
  • By the 1910s, the Standard Oil baron had become the country’s first billionaire.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of baron
Noun
  • At halftime on the field of play at the New York New Jersey Stadium, megawatt stars including Madonna, Shakira, BTS, Burna Boy, and Justin Bieber will take to the stage, co-signing a handful of designers.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 16 July 2026
  • Fans suspected something was off when star and producer Blake Lively and costar-director Justin Baldoni abstained from doing joint press — or even being photographed together — during the film's promotional tour.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of star
Noun
  • This possibility diminished after the fall of the Soviet Union, when the remains of the tsar, his wife, and three of their daughters were identified in 1991.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
  • DeSantis and Tom Homan, the White House immigration czar, announced last week that the detention has served its purpose and was shutting down.
    — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Definition of czar

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