Synonyms of plutocrat

plutocrat

noun

as in capitalist

a wealthy person

the 19th-century plutocrats who built their enormous summer "cottages" in Newport

Synonyms & Similar Words

• capitalist
• have
• magnate
• billionaire
• moneybags
• money
• Croesus
• tycoon
• heiress
• deep pocket
• heir
• silk stocking
• millionaire
• fat cat
• multimillionaire
• moneymaker
• nabob
• zillionaire
• multibillionaire
• gazillionaire
• money-spinner
• jeunesse dorée
• multimillionairess
• jet-setter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• have-not
• pauper
• bankrupt
• beggar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plutocrat

The issue is the policy infrastructure that allows people like Musk to become not rich, not super-rich, but plutocrat-rich. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

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

The Titanic is still a subject of worldwide fascination, in part because of the range of passengers aboard the ship, from paupers to plutocrats. — Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026

The gaslighting evil plutocrats who want everything own the Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation and other think tanks. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026

One issue raised by the burgeoning controversy over the California proposal is how to extract a fair share of public revenue from plutocrats, whose wealth has surged higher while their effective tax rates have declined to historically low levels. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026

And so far, businesses and the plutocrat class are sticking around to check out the new socialist utopia, keeping the flow of tax revenue strong. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025

While Republicans focus on cozying up to tech plutocrats and removing the barriers around their business models, Democrats could revive the 2020 messaging of candidates like Andrew Yang and Elizabeth Warren. — Nathan E. Sanders, Time, 4 Oct. 2025