capitalist
/ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/
capitalist adjective: of, or pertaining to, capitalism.
Adjective
capitalist (comparative more capitalist, superlative most capitalist)
- Of, or pertaining to, capitalism.
- capitalist economy
- capitalist countries
- Supporting or endorsing capitalism.
- Well, I thank you for your question, but I have to say we're capitalist—and that is just the way it is. However, we do think that capitalism is not necessarily meeting the needs with the income inequality that we have in our country.2017 January 30, CNN Town Hall, spoken by Nancy Pelosi, via CNN
- American.
Noun
capitalist (plural capitalists)
- The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person.
- Very little of capital acquired in commerce is directed towards agriculture, save where a wealthy capitalist purchases lands for his own use; but it is seldom, if ever, applied to the improvement of the country, in the hands of the original landholders.1818, Edward Cooke, “Thought on the Expedency ^([sic]) of Repealing the Usury Laws”, in The Pamphleteer, volume 13, number 25
- Were a wealthy English capitalist to dispose of the property that belongs to him in Êngland, which has been realised by former industry, and take it to Van Diemen's Land, where he could have land for nothing, he would probably discover that he had made no very judicious change.1824, John Rooke, An Inquiry into the Principles of National Wealth, page 90
- Someone whose wealth (capital) is invested in business ventures in order to return a profit.
- Near-synonyms: businessman, financier, industrialist
- The labourers do only receive, and ever have only received, as much as will subsist them, the landlords receive the surplus produce of the more fertile soils, and all the rest of the whole produce of labour in this and in every country goes to the capitalist under the name of profit for the use of...1922 [1825], Thomas Hodgskin with G. D. H. Cole, Labour Defended against the Claims of Capital, published 1828, page 31
- Synonyms:
- businessman, financier, industrialist
- A person who is a supporter of capitalism.
- In a world of cheap airfares, laptops, and the Internet, we proudly regard mobility as a sign of how advanced we are. Hey, we're nomadic hipster capitalists!2007 December 20, Clive Thompson, “Clive Thompson on How the Next Victim of Climate Change Will Be Our Minds”, in Wired Magazine, number 16.01, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013
- Synonyms:
- economic liberal, free enterpriser, liberal
capitalist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
capitalist in Hindi
- supporting or endorsing capitalism
- पूंजीपति pūñjīpti
- owner of capital
- पूंजीपति pūñjīpti
- supporter of capitalism
- पूंजीवादी pūñjīvādī
capitalist in Tamil
- முதலாளி, முதலாளிக்குரிய, முதலாளித்துவஞ்சார்ந்த
capitalist in Marathi
- supporting or endorsing capitalism
- भांडवलशाही bhāṇḍvalśāhī
- owner of capital
- भांडवलदार bhāṇḍvaldār
capitalist in Urdu
- supporting or endorsing capitalism
- سرمایہ دار sarmāya dār, سرمایہ دارنی sarmāya dārnī
More languagesFewer languages
- capitalist in Bengali
- পুঁজিবাদী, পুঁজিপতি
- capitalist in Malayalam
- മുതലാളി, ധനവാൻ, മുതലാളിത്തം അനുഭവിക്കുന്നവൻ
- capitalist in Kannada
- ಬಂಡವಾಳಗಾರ
- capitalist in Punjabi
- ਸਰਮਾਏਦਾਰ sarmāēdār, سرمائےدار srmā'edār, ਪੂੰਜੀਦਾਰ pūñjīdār, ਪੂੰਜੀਪਤੀ pūñjīptī
- capitalist in Gujarati
- મૂડીવાદી, મૂડીપતિ
- capitalist in Odia
- ପୁଞ୍ଜିପତି, ପୁଞ୍ଜିବାଦୀ
- capitalist in Sinhala
- මුදලාලි mudalāli
- capitalist in Nepali
- पुँजीवादी, पूँजीवादी, पुँजीपति
- capitalist in Malay
- kapitalis
- capitalist in Indonesian
- kaum modal, kapitalis
- capitalist in Thai
- นายทุน naai-tun, นักทุนนิยม
Examples of capitalist in a sentence
- With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2...
- But around the world, there are many types of capitalist societies, ranging from liberating to exploitative, protective to abusive, democratic to unregulated.2019 August 14, Matthew Desmond, “In order to understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation”, in New...
- He paid out, and received on account of the Government, thousands of dollars daily; and the mere handling of such considerable sums made him feel as if he were a great capitalist.2000, John W. De Forest, Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secessions to Loyalty:
- As capitalist, he is only capital personified.1906 [1867], Karl Marx, chapter X, in Edward Aveling, Samuel Moore, transl., edited by Friedrich Engels, Capital, volume 1, page 257:
Synonyms of capitalist
Antonyms
Forms of capitalist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more capitalist |
| superlative | most capitalist |
| Noun | |
| plural | capitalists |
Origin of capitalist
From capital + -ist. Calque of French capitaliste.
Words formed from capitalist
- anarchist capitalist
- anarcho-capitalist
- anarchocapitalist
- anticapitalist
- anti-capitalist
- capitalist anarchism
- capitalist anarchist
- capitalist realism
- capitalist roader
- capitalist roadism
- capitalist roadist
- countercapitalist
- crapitalist
- crony capitalist
- cybercapitalist
- eco-capitalist
- ecocapitalist
- homocapitalist
- hypercapitalist
- late capitalist
- neo-capitalist
- neocapitalist
- non-capitalist
- noncapitalist
- palaeocapitalist
- palaeo-capitalist
- paleo-capitalist
- paleocapitalist
- post-capitalist
- postcapitalist
- pre-capitalist
- precapitalist
- procapitalist
- protocapitalist
- semicapitalist
- state capitalist
- supercapitalist
- technocapitalist
- turbocapitalist
- venture capitalist
- vulture capitalist
Phrases with capitalist
Questions about capitalist
- What does capitalist mean?
- Capitalist means of, or pertaining to, capitalism.
- What is capitalist in Hindi?
- Capitalist in Hindi is पूंजीपति (pūñjīpti), पूंजीवादी (pūñjīvādī). See Capitalist meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use capitalist in a sentence?
- With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.
- What part of speech is capitalist?
- Capitalist can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce capitalist?
- Capitalist is pronounced /ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/.
Words near capitalist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: capitalist (page history and authors); capitalist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capitalist (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); capitalist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capitalist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capitalist (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); capitalist (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); මුදලාලි (Sinhala) (page history and authors); capitalist (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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