as in magnate
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county
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Recent Examples of tycoon
Hogan's friendship with Trump dates back to his days with World Wrestling Entertainment in the early 1980s, when the latter was not yet president of the U.S. but a real estate tycoon.
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EW.com, 24 July 2025
The Indian tycoon and To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party, met in Hanoi yesterday.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Citizen Kane tells the story of a publishing tycoon named Charles Foster Kane, a character Welles based on William Randolph Hearst.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
The Phoenician Scheme follows wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro) who is on the run and wanted by myriad governments, the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists and determined assassins.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 July 2025
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EW.com, 24 July 2025
The Indian tycoon and To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party, met in Hanoi yesterday.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Citizen Kane tells the story of a publishing tycoon named Charles Foster Kane, a character Welles based on William Randolph Hearst.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
The Phoenician Scheme follows wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro) who is on the run and wanted by myriad governments, the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists and determined assassins.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tycoon
magnate
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The lawyers of President Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch have agreed to pause an effort to force the 94-year-old media magnate to testify before a federal court in the president’s defamation case against the Wall Street Journal’s reporting on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.—
Sarah Whitmire,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The moves reflect Trump’s aggressiveness toward media who displease him — even a media magnate, Rupert Murdoch, with outlets that have been friendly to him in the past.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
22 July 2025
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“Tycoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tycoon. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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