capitalists

noun

plural of capitalist
as in haves
a wealthy person capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash

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Recent Examples of capitalists Tech Week is in full bloom in San Francisco, packing the city’s restaurants this week with venture capitalists and AI founders ebullient about the White House’s stance on regulating artificial intelligence — namely, don’t do it. — Garance Burke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Thompson then warned that San Francisco venture capitalists like Jones want to sunset federal programs and privatize Social Security. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Venture capitalists will tell you, obviously an era where series A, first round are being done at billion dollar free money valuations in companies that have no revenue, may not even have defined a business model. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The participants included Sergey Brin; Chris Larsen, of the cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs; and the venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Michael Moritz, the Standard’s main funder. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 Other significant players include venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, and OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman. — Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026 At the same time, national governments need to follow established best practices and create attractive environments for top innovators, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists. — Andrew McAfee, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026 Venture capitalists, having taken notice, are now making bone health one of their priorities. — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026 Doctors and venture capitalists, mothers and fathers, even your grandparents are slipping away from their jobs and their families to take psychedelics and connect with God. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalists
  1. haves
  2. plutocrats
Noun
  • 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
Definition of haves
Noun
  • Not until early in the next century did Congress take on the depredations of Gilded Age plutocrats.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Not to mention a conga line of billionaire tech, real-estate, and finance plutocrats paying feasance to a faux populist in exchange for contracts, pardons, and sundry favors.
    — Graydon Carter, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
Definition of plutocrats

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“Capitalists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalists. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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