magnate

Meanings

Plural: magnates

Noun

a very wealthy or powerful businessman
Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.
In medieval and early modern Italy, a member of a legally defined category of especially wealthy patrician families, often deprived of the right to political participation by republican governments.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magnātēs, plural of magnās, from magnus (“great”), mid 15th c.

Synonyms

baron, big businessman, business leader, king, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon

Scrabble Score: 10

magnate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
magnate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
magnate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

magnate is a valid Words With Friends word