magnate

Meaning

1. Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
2. A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.
3. (historical) In medieval and early modern Italy, a member of a legally defined category of especially wealthy patrician families, often deprived of the right to political participation by republican governments.

Synonyms

tycoon

mogul

baron

big businessman

top executive

power

business leader

grandee

captain of industry

king

👑

magistrate

master

personage

sire

squire

suzerain

rich man

wealthy man

big head

bighead

chieftain

consideration

czar

dictator

factor

leader

liege

lord

Translations

magnat

magnate

magnate

Magnat

magnata

magnaat

kodaman

potentado

sermayedar

magnat

μεγιστάνας

μεγαλοεπιχειρηματίας

Industriekapitän [eksmoda]

παράγοντας

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæɡneɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magnātēs, plural of magnās, from magnus (“great”), mid 15th c.