MILLIONAIRES Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

millionaires

noun

plural of millionaire

as in multimillionaires

a rich person who has at least a million dollars, pounds, etc.

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Recent Examples of millionaires Cristobal Young, a sociology professor at Cornell University, said previous California tax increases on millionaires didn't lead to a mass exodus of wealthy people. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 The latest in a long series of corrective measures was a thirteen-per-cent state income tax on millionaires, which went into effect in 2012 and is due to expire in 2030. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 Becerra said that plan contained loopholes that would amount to major tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026 According to a Fiscal Policy Institute analysis of IRS Statistics of Income data, the states with the most progressive tax systems have the highest concentration of millionaires per filer in the country. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 The pair found that about three-quarters of these millionaires started their own businesses, while the vast majority didn't inherit money. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Perhaps not surprising, some of these millionaires have stakes in investment firms or medical, dental, or legal practices. — Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026 Zidar and Zwick provide another example of Elon Musk losing while Main Street millionaires win. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Talarico, an Austin area state representative, has pitched himself as a candidate to bring Texans together —regardless of party — to take on billionaires and their influence in politics.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026
Adding to the surreal nature of the incident, Olson’s joke was about AI’s threat to jobs and how billionaires like Instagram’s parent company co-founder Mark Zuckerberg are complicit.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of billionaires

Noun

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

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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

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