profiteer B2 Topic:Business & Commerce US /ˌprɑfəˈtɪr/ UK /ˌprɒfɪˈtɪə/ See IPA manual Freq #54118 Meanings 1 noun a person who makes excessive or unfair profit, especially from scarcity or an emergency The public accused wartime profiteers of raising prices on essential goods. 2 verb to make an excessive or unfair profit Some traders tried to profiteer from the sudden shortage. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who makes... price gougerexploiter 2 verb · to make an excessive or... price-gougeexploit ↔ Opposites benefactorfair trader Word family Forms profiteers Derived forms profiteering Related forms profitexploitationrent-seeking Etymology Formed from profit + -eer in the late nineteenth century. The suffix gives the word a disparaging agent sense: someone who pursues profit opportunistically or unfairly. Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # profiteer **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˌprɑfəˈtɪr/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌprɒfɪˈtɪə/ **Frequency rank:** 54118 ## Meanings 1. a person who makes excessive or unfair profit, especially from scarcity or an emergency 2. to make an excessive or unfair profit ## Examples - The public accused wartime profiteers of raising prices on essential goods. - Some traders tried to profiteer from the sudden shortage. ## Synonyms - price gouger - exploiter ## Antonyms - benefactor - fair trader ## Derived Forms - profiteering ## Related Forms - profit - exploitation - rent-seeking ## Etymology Formed from profit + -eer in the late nineteenth century. The suffix gives the word a disparaging agent sense: someone who pursues profit opportunistically or unfairly. ## Topics - Business & Commerce markdown