magnate

noun

ˈmag-ˌnāt How to pronounce magnate (audio)
Definition of magnatenext
as in tycoon
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field a studio magnate who had the biggest stars in Hollywood at his beck and call

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Recent Examples of magnate Real estate magnate Lee Shau Kee held on to his perch as the city’s second-richest with a net worth of $29.2 billion. — Jane Ho, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 There is also the matter of how to handle any deal alongside a separate $1.5 billion investment in the PGA Tour by a band of American sports magnates. — Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 Most of the donations ($92.2 million) came from Republican megadonor and casino magnate Miriam Adelson, who purchased a majority stake of the basketball team Dallas Mavericks in 2023. — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025 The grandson of a cinema magnate, Lurie had earned three college degrees including a master’s in psychology and a doctorate in social policy. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for magnate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnate
  1. tycoon
  2. baron
  3. king
  4. czar
Noun
  • As stocks tanked following news of President Trump’s new tariffs, Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu got billions richer.
    — Gigi Zamora, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Robert Bass Robert Bass is a nephew of oil tycoon Sid Richardson and inherited $2.8 million after his uncle’s death in 1959.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of tycoon
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  • The tender for its initial roster of teams had attracted a directory of the steel, cement and petrochemical barons who dominate the country’s economy: Tata Steel, JSW and Sanjiv Goenka among them.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Some of the same coal barons who celebrated Trump’s victory in 2016 soon went bankrupt.
    — Kevin A. Young, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of baron
Noun
  • The people of Israel welcome Jesus as king while his disciples anticipate his crowning.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • In the early 1980s, Chamberlain gained a reputation as the king of the miniseries for his starring roles in Shogun, The Thorn Birds and Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of king
Noun
  • At a White House briefing Monday, Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, restated his confidence in ICE’s ability to identify Tren de Aragua members.
    — Will Carless, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Robert Weiner was Florida Congressman Claude Pepper’s committee Chief of Staff and spokesman for White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey, among others.
    — Robert Weiner and Katherine White, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of czar

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