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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has great power, many possessions |
| Synonyms: | VIP, executive, key player, king, magnate, notable, personage, potentate, prince, princess, queen, royalty, top brass, tycoon |
| Main Entry: | dictator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute ruler |
| Synonyms: | Hitler, absolutist, adviser, authoritarian, autocrat, boss, chief, commander, despot, disciplinarian, fascist, leader, magnate, mogul, oligarch, oppressor, ringleader, slavedriver, totalitarian, tycoon, tyrant, usurper |
| Main Entry: | magnate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | important person, usually in business |
| Synonyms: | VIP, aristocrat, bigwig, businessperson, capitalist, captain of industry, chief, figure, financier, industrialist, leader, lion*, merchant, mogul, name, noble, notable, peer, personage, plutocrat, tycoon |
| Notes: | a magnate is a very wealthy, influential, or powerful person or businessperson, while a magnet is a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field |
| Antonyms: | lowly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | notable |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is famous, important |
| Synonyms: | VIP, big name, big shot, big wheel, big-time operator, celebrity, chief, dignitary, eminence, executive, figure*, heavyweight, high-up, hotdog, leader, lion*, luminary, magnate, mogul, name, notability, personage, personality, pooh-bah, power, somebody, star, superstar, worthy |
| Notes: | notable means 'worthy of notice' and noticeable means 'readily observed' |
| Antonyms: | lowlife, unknown |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historically, person who ruled an area |
| Synonyms: | baron, baroness, caesar, caliph, contessa, count, countess, crowned head, czar, czarina, dame, duchess, duke, dynast, emperor, empress, gerent, imperator, kaiser, khan, king, lady, lord, magnate, maharajah, maharani, majesty, mikado, mogul, monarch, oligarch, overlord, pasha, potentate, prince, princess, queen, rajah, rani, rex, royal, shah, sovereign, sultan, sultana, tycoon |
| Antonyms: | commoner, subject |
| Main Entry: | tycoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has a lot of money, power |
| Synonyms: | administrator, big shot, boss, business person, capitalist, captain of industry, director, entrepreneur, executive, fat cat, financier, industrialist, investor, magnate, mogul, wealthy person |
| Antonyms: | pauper |
| Main Entry: | VIP |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very important person |
| Synonyms: | big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, big name, celebrity, dignitary, famous person, heavyweight, high muckamuck, luminary, mogul, notable, personality, public figure, star, superstar, top banana, worthy |
| Antonyms: | nobody, nonentity |
| Main Entry: | big name |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | somebody famous |
| Synonyms: | big star, captain of industry, celebrity, headliner, heavyweight, idol, megastar, mogul, nabob, panjandrum, person to be reckoned with, star, superstar, topliner, very important person, well-known person |
| Main Entry: | big wheel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very important person |
| Synonyms: | VIP, big cat, big cheese, big fish, big gun, big man on campus, big shot, bigwig, dignitary, fat cat, head honcho, heavy-hitter, high-muck-a-muck, important person, influential person, mogul, nabob, notable, somebody |
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