zillionaire

noun

Definition of zillionairenext
as in millionaire

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Recent Examples of zillionaire But the Vanderbilt Commodores were actually named for zillionaire 19th century shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, the man who endowed the university. — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2026 The platinum blond computer chip zillionaire was no match for 007! — EW.com, 24 May 2025 The creator of the Hero, a zillionaire tech mogul played by an oily, compelling Walton Goggins, has used his money and copious free time to become a real-life version of his own fictional, authoritarian crime-fighter. — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zillionaire
  1. millionaire
  2. multimillionaire
  3. billionaire
  4. gazillionaire
  5. multibillionaire
  6. plutocrat
Noun
  • The biggest increases include an additional $300 million this year from capital gains taxes that are generated on Wall Street and largely paid by Fairfield County millionaires.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Mortgage-holding homeowners with more than $1 million in home equity are considered equity millionaires.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of millionaire
Noun
  • Among his fans and friends were the First Lady Dolley Madison, Sir Walter Scott, and John Jacob Astor, New York City’s first multimillionaire.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Lottery officials have not yet announced whether a ticket matched all six numbers in the latest drawing, leaving players across the country waiting to see if a new multimillionaire has been made.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of multimillionaire
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  • The ballot measure, which would impose a one-time 5% tax on California billionaires to help fund healthcare, is failing by more than 8 percentage points.
    — Vanessa Martínez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Some laud him as a new Magellan; the eccentric billionaire set on colonizing Mars.
    — Joe Rae, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of billionaire
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  • Gregg, a progressive Texas legislator with national ambitions married to a Musk-esque tech gazillionaire, arrives last in Palm Springs after flying private.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But then Nathan informs Monty that Ariana won’t sign unless all three families get $1 million each, and the gazillionaire goes nuclear.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of gazillionaire
Noun
  • The Ellison family, through the equity investment from Larry Ellison (David’s multibillionaire father), holds the largest equity stake in Skydance.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, Altman was president of the startup accelerator Y Combinator, famous for helping launch companies like Airbnb and DoorDash, while Musk was already a multibillionaire and was running Tesla along with SpaceX simultaneously.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of multibillionaire
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  • These early plutocrats made their fortunes on immovable assets — gold, land, oil, the natural riches of California.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The provenance of an otherwise unknown plutocrat probably does not.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
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