billionaire

noun

Definition of billionairenext
as in millionaire
a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.

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Recent Examples of billionaire Bezos previously said that Mamdani was creating a villain of billionaires. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 The tax’s main sponsor, SEIU-United Healthworkers West, argued the proposition is clearly targeted at billionaires and no one else. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Bardem plays Miguel, a celebrated architect tempted by a morally dubious but hugely lucrative commission to build a secret survivalist bunker for a reclusive tech billionaire, Andrew (Paul Dano). — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 This week, after the billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller published an editorial in The Wall Street Journal criticizing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, his onetime protégé, readers began to notice some familiar tics of AI writing. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for billionaire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaire
  1. millionaire
  2. multimillionaire
  3. multibillionaire
  4. plutocrat
Noun
  • Those offerings could mint a number of fresh billionaires and scores of millionaires.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Giannoulias acknowledged that his path to balancing the budget requires new revenue that would need to go through Springfield, such as a 3% tax on millionaires.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of millionaire
Noun
  • 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
  • In an endearing gesture from a multimillionaire who ran a thriving entertainment production company specializing in true-crime shows, McDonnell was coming to offer a sweet form of thanks to the bank’s sales team.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of multimillionaire
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  • 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
  • But Blue Origin has drawn parallels, with its multibillionaire founder (Jeff Bezos) and its own grandiose ideas.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
Definition of multibillionaire
Noun
  • The provenance of an otherwise unknown plutocrat probably does not.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • His father, Richard, a plutocrat who offers him a job at his company, is equally distressing.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of plutocrat

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“Billionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaire. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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