magnate

nounimportant person, usually in business

Synonyms for magnate

noun important person, usually in business

Antonyms for magnate

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., "great man, noble, man of wealth," from Late Latin magnates, plural of magnas "great person, nobleman," from Latin magnus "great, large, big" (of size), "abundant" (of quantity), "great, considerable" (of value), "strong, powerful" (of force); of persons, "elder, aged," also, figuratively, "great, mighty, grand, important," from PIE *mag-no-, from root *meg- "great" (cf. Sanskrit maha-, mahat- "great;" Greek megas, fem. megale "great, large;" Gothic mikils, Old English micel "great, big, many;" see mickle).

Example Sentences for magnate

Then, as a new thought came to the magnate, he spoke with a trace of anxiety.

Then he dropped to a seat on the couch, and proceeded to make his confidences to the magnate.

The magnate, red-faced and angry, returned with him to the station.

The boy grinned bashfully and opined the magnate just mentioned was "all right."

He was dressed like a magnate who was also a person of taste.

All was conducted as if for the funeral of a magnate of Hungary.

The two men who completed the prau's crew followed him into that magnate's campong.

Bland innocence overspread the magnate's features as if in a layer.

And this was the way in which the Hungarian magnate examined his accounts every year.

Ere long my father will be as big a magnate as the White Chief.

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