billionaire
/ˌbɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/US/ˌbɪl.jəˈnɛɚ/
billionaire noun: somebody whose wealth is at least one billion (10⁹) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
Noun
billionaire (plural billionaires)
- Somebody whose wealth is at least one billion (10⁹) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
- Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising...2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2020, page 70
- The ranks of the billionaire class last year grew by just over 200 to nearly 2,770 people. Their wealth skyrocketed by $2.1 trillion — three times faster than the year before — to a total of $15 trillion. In the United States alone, where 816 billionaires reside, the net worth of this group soared...2025 January 19, Tami Luhby, “Get ready for the world’s first trillionaires”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025
- Synonyms:
- milliardaire
billionaire meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Arabic and Indonesian
billionaire in Urdu
- wealth exceeding one billion (10<sup>9</sup>)
- ارب پتی arab patī
billionaire in Bengali
- বিলিয়নেয়ার
billionaire in Arabic
- wealth exceeding one billion (10<sup>9</sup>)
- مِلْيَارْدِير milyārdīr
billionaire in Indonesian
- wealth exceeding one billion (10<sup>9</sup>)
- milyader
More languagesFewer languages
- billionaire in Persian
- میلیاردر miliyârder
- billionaire in Thai
- มหาเศรษฐี má-hǎa-sèet-tǐi, กุฎุมพี gù-dum-pii
- billionaire in Vietnamese
- tỉ phú
- billionaire in Myanmar
- ဘီလီယံနာ bhiliyamna
Examples of billionaire in a sentence
- Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans.2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2020, page...
- The ranks of the billionaire class last year grew by just over 200 to nearly 2,770 people.2025 January 19, Tami Luhby, “Get ready for the world’s first trillionaires”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025:
Synonyms of billionaire
Forms of billionaire
| plural | billionaires |
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Origin of billionaire
From billion + -aire.
Words formed from billionaire
Questions about billionaire
- What does billionaire mean?
- Billionaire means somebody whose wealth is at least one billion (10⁹) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
- What is billionaire in Urdu?
- Billionaire in Urdu is ارب پتی (arab patī). See Billionaire meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use billionaire in a sentence?
- Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans.
- What part of speech is billionaire?
- Billionaire is a noun.
- How do you pronounce billionaire?
- Billionaire is pronounced /ˌbɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of billionaire?
- The plural of billionaire is billionaires.
Words near billionaire in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: billionaire (page history and authors); billionaire (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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