tycoon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A wealthy and powerful business person.

   Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.

2. 2
   noun

   A business simulator game, typically involving building and managing some form of infrastructure.

   Zoo Tycoon is only one of several "tycoon" types of games, such as Railroad Tycoon, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Pizza Tycoon, and, without the "tycoon" title, but with all the fun and challenge, The Movies.

3. 3
   noun

   A game involving the use of a base to generate bricks and cash (similar to an idle game or clicker game), which can then be used to purchase upgrades and expand. Common within the massively multiplayer online game platform Roblox.

   Tycoons / A game in which users build up some sort of business by earning money over time and then using that money on upgrades.

4. 4
   noun

   a very wealthy or powerful businessman

5. 5
   noun

   The first placer of Tycoon.

6. 6
   name

   A Japanese shedding game

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun, “great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon).