capitalist

[kap-i-tl-ist]

noun

1. a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.

2. an advocate of capitalism.

3. a very wealthy person.

capitalist

/ ˈkæpɪtəlɪst /

noun

1. a person who owns capital, esp capital invested in a business

2. politics a supporter of capitalism

3. informal,  a rich person

adjective

1. of or relating to capital, capitalists, or capitalism

Other Word Forms

• capitalistic adjective
• anticapitalist noun
• noncapitalist noun
• precapitalist noun
• procapitalist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of capitalist¹

First recorded in 1785–95; capital ¹ + -ist

Example Sentences

Technologists and capitalists take that science and turn it into new products, services, and business processes, creating the wealth that funds new scientific inquiry through private and public grants.

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Kicking off the next round is the next capitalist upswing.

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Su recently told the venture capitalist Reid Hoffman in a podcast interview.

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Venture capitalists are known for embracing disruption in industries that are slow to change.

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Even after Holmes’s conviction, venture capitalist Tim Draper, an early investor in Theranos, said he was alarmed about the case having a chilling effect on business.

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Related Words

• banker 
• entrepreneur 
• financier