CAPITALISTS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

capitalists

noun

plural of capitalist

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a wealthy person capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash

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Recent Examples of capitalists The prevalence of tech firms as hotspots for talent signals a wider boom amid Australia’s startup scene, which in recent years has been attracting attention and investments from venture capitalists. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Venture capitalists are quickly adopting AI for tasks like sourcing and research, with firms leveraging it to structure meeting notes and manage institutional memory. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 The moral of the story isn't really about socialism, though, but about the very real pain in store for American households from the bond market if the actually-in-charge capitalists don't get their act together. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026 What’s interesting to me, though, is every generation since the original countercultural capitalists—the baby boomers—has expressed some version of this antipathy. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 Other aides and crony capitalists in his circles are of a similar age. — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026 For decades, the town has been a preferred, if slightly under-the-radar, address for tech founders, venture capitalists, and business executives drawn to its estate-sized lots, exceptional privacy, and proximity to Silicon Valley and San Francisco. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026 Venture capitalists are often willing to fund an entrepreneur who has persevered and improved an idea or product through trial and error. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026 Indeed, antisemitisms prove that a society can hold contradictory images simultaneously, such as the fact that the Jews are both anarchists out to destroy capitalism as well as capitalists out to exploit the working class. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

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Separating the must-haves from the nice-to-haves can help parents decide where to hold firm and where a splurge might fit within the family budget.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026
Lumbar support for those of us with a weak core can certainly dial up the comfort level, while footrests and contoured or cushioned seats are other nice-to-haves as well.

— Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 17 Aug. 2026

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