moneymakers

noun

plural of moneymaker
as in money-spinners

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moneymakers
  1. capitalists
  2. plutocrats
  3. silk stockings
  4. tycoons
  5. magnates
Noun
  • D’Souza established himself in Thiel’s inner circle, which comprised mostly men, most of whom were gay and most of whom were tech founders or venture capitalists.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Venture capitalists pushed digital-media startups to go all in.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of capitalists
Noun
  • Not to mention a conga line of billionaire tech, real-estate, and finance plutocrats paying feasance to a faux populist in exchange for contracts, pardons, and sundry favors.
    — Graydon Carter, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
  • Then the plutocrats circled their yachts.
    — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of plutocrats
Noun
  • The record also states that the boys were wearing heavy wool coats and silk stockings in the middle of summer in Philly.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • In Girard’s household, at least three women would have mended his silk stockings and other clothes.
    — Emily J. Whitted, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of silk stockings
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  • Despite the turmoil set off by the Iran war and border skirmishes with Cambodia, the country’s tycoons are collectively richer and its stock market has surged as Thailand positions itself as a regional data center hub powered by green energy.
    — Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Set in the eponymous Texas metropolis, Dallas followed the Ewings, a powerful family of oil tycoons and ranch owners whose feuds and foibles made for wildly entertaining primetime viewing.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
Definition of tycoons
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
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