as in haves
a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of capitalists
Later, at the high-end Ned’s Club, venture capitalists rubbed shoulders with defense officials.
—
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
As depicted in the play, the Lehman family had its high achievers and its dreamers, its capitalists and its liberals.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Venture capitalists have poured hundreds of millions into the space over the past year, backing buzzy startups like Zerohash, Rain, and KAST.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
Among the most powerful exponents of this view are billionaires Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen; both venture capitalists have their own investments in the nuclear energy sector and are influential Trump supporters.
—Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
And the economic importance of LEO, Pringle added, is far more than just the financial boom that venture capitalists are beginning to envision.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
California state senator Scott Wiener, who’s drawn the ire of Silicon Valley for his bills regulating AI, has come out with a new bill that some venture capitalists are actually supporting.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
As depicted in the play, the Lehman family had its high achievers and its dreamers, its capitalists and its liberals.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Venture capitalists have poured hundreds of millions into the space over the past year, backing buzzy startups like Zerohash, Rain, and KAST.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
Among the most powerful exponents of this view are billionaires Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen; both venture capitalists have their own investments in the nuclear energy sector and are influential Trump supporters.
—Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
And the economic importance of LEO, Pringle added, is far more than just the financial boom that venture capitalists are beginning to envision.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
California state senator Scott Wiener, who’s drawn the ire of Silicon Valley for his bills regulating AI, has come out with a new bill that some venture capitalists are actually supporting.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalists
Noun
-
Make a list of haves and have-nots.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
-
Research from the Federal Reserve has found America’s haves and have-nots have rarely been this far apart.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
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
Cite this Entry
“Capitalists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalists. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
