millionaire
/ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/US/ˌmɪl.jəˈnɛɹ/
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millionaire noun: somebody whose wealth is at least one million (10⁶) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
Noun
millionaire (plural millionaires)
- Somebody whose wealth is at least one million (10⁶) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
- Those people who eventually become millionaires typically don't get there through sheer luck or by making one life-changing investment. […] While starting early can increase your likelihood of attaining millionaire status, the investments you choose play an equally important role.2017 May 16, Maurie Backman, “Here's how to become a millionaire on $56,000 a year”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2025
- Synonyms:
- millionist
millionaire meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
millionaire in Hindi
- somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
- करोड़पति karoṛpati
millionaire in Tamil
- somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
- லட்சாதிபதி laṭcātipati, கோடீஸ்வரன் kōṭīsvaraṉ
millionaire in Bengali
- কোটিপতি, ধনকুবের
millionaire in Malayalam
- ദശലക്ഷാധിപതി, കോടീശ്വരൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- millionaire in Kannada
- ಲಕ್ಷಾಧಿಪತಿ, ಮಿಲಿಯಪತಿ, ಕೋಟ್ಯಧೀಶ್ವರ, ಭಾರಿ ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯವಂತ
- millionaire in Punjabi
- ਮਿਲੀਅਨਏਅਰ milīanaēara
- millionaire in Gujarati
- કરોડપતિ karoḍpati
- millionaire in Odia
- ଶେଠ śeṭha
- millionaire in Sanskrit
- कोटीश्वर koṭīśvara
- millionaire in Arabic
- مِلْيُونِير milyūnīr
- millionaire in Malay
- jutawan
- millionaire in Indonesian
- jutawan
- millionaire in Persian
- میلیونر milyoner
- millionaire in Thai
- เศรษฐี sèet-tǐi
- millionaire in Vietnamese
- triệu phú
- millionaire in Myanmar
- သန်းကြွယ်သူဌေး san:krwaisuhte:, မီလီယံနာ miliyamna
Examples of millionaire in a sentence
- The cost of an opulent wedding is spare change to a millionaire.
- And then he was like, "Oh, my brother's an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah." Like I care!
- His parents are wealthy, but he is a millionaire in his own right.
Synonyms of millionaire
Forms of millionaire
| plural | millionaires |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | millionnaire |
Origin of millionaire
From French millionnaire. By surface analysis, million + -aire.
Words formed from millionaire
- centimillionaire
- decamillionaire
- Dellionaire
- hectomillionaire
- megamillionaire
- millionairedom
- millionairehood
- millionaire's fries
- millionaireship
- millionaire shortbread
- Millionaires' Row
- millionairess
- millionaire's salad
- millionairish
- millionairism
- millionerd
- millionheir
- millionheiress
- multimillionaire
- mushroom millionaire
- nillionaire
- nonmillionaire
- oilionaire
- optionaire
- pentamillionaire
- shaleionaire
- spillionaire
- supermillionaire
- temporarily embarrassed millionaire
- two week millionaire
- uraniumaire
Phrases with millionaire
Questions about millionaire
- What does millionaire mean?
- Millionaire means somebody whose wealth is at least one million (10⁶) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
- What is millionaire in Hindi?
- Millionaire in Hindi is करोड़पति (karoṛpati). See Millionaire meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is millionaire?
- Millionaire is a noun.
- How do you pronounce millionaire?
- Millionaire is pronounced /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of millionaire?
- The plural of millionaire is millionaires.
Words near millionaire in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: millionaire (page history and authors); Millionaire (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); millionaire (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); millionaire (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଶେଠ (Odia) (page history and authors); कोटीश्वर (Sanskrit) (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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