Meanings
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1
noun
A person who invests money in business in order to make a profit.
The factory was funded by a wealthy capitalist.
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2
noun
A person who supports the economic system of capitalism.
As a committed capitalist, she defended the free market.
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3
adj
Relating to or based on capitalism.
They built a thriving capitalist economy after the reforms.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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adj
· relating to or based on...
capitalistic
Opposites
Word family
Forms
capitalists
Derived forms
anarcho-capitalistanarchocapitalistanti-capitalistanticapitalistcountercapitalistcrapitalistcybercapitalisteco-capitalistecocapitalisthomocapitalisthypercapitalistneo-capitalist
Etymology
From French capitaliste; equivalent to capital + -ist. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.
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