zillionaire

noun

Definition of zillionairenext
as in millionaire

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Recent Examples of zillionaire But the Vanderbilt Commodores were actually named for zillionaire 19th century shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, the man who endowed the university. — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2026 The platinum blond computer chip zillionaire was no match for 007! — EW.com, 24 May 2025 The creator of the Hero, a zillionaire tech mogul played by an oily, compelling Walton Goggins, has used his money and copious free time to become a real-life version of his own fictional, authoritarian crime-fighter. — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zillionaire
  1. millionaire
  2. multimillionaire
  3. billionaire
  4. gazillionaire
  5. multibillionaire
  6. plutocrat
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  • Doody, a former radio host, also supports school choice and opposes a millionaire tax, two notches in his favor.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • 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, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of millionaire
Noun
  • Among his fans and friends were the First Lady Dolley Madison, Sir Walter Scott, and John Jacob Astor, New York City’s first multimillionaire.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of multimillionaire
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  • With almost all the votes from the two-day ballot counted by the Statistics Office, the centrist ANO (or YES) movement led by the populist billionaire failed to win a single seat.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The billionaire businessman has made a lot of money betting early on the rise of industrial neighborhoods, like Lower Manhattan’s Meatpacking District and Miami’s Wynwood.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of billionaire
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  • Gregg, a progressive Texas legislator with national ambitions married to a Musk-esque tech gazillionaire, arrives last in Palm Springs after flying private.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But then Nathan informs Monty that Ariana won’t sign unless all three families get $1 million each, and the gazillionaire goes nuclear.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of gazillionaire
Noun
  • The Ellison family, through the equity investment from Larry Ellison (David’s multibillionaire father), holds the largest equity stake in Skydance.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of multibillionaire
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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
  • The provenance of an otherwise unknown plutocrat probably does not.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
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