trillionaire

Syllables: tril·li·on·aireUK/ˌtɹɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)//ˌtɹɪl.jəˈnɛəɹ/

trillionaire noun: one who is therefore very wealthy, because those currency units are not hyperinflated.

Noun

trillionaire (plural trillionaires)

(especially) One who is therefore very wealthy, because those currency units are not hyperinflated.
- The CEO of our company is a multibillionaire and now hopes to become a trillionaire.
- Move over billionaires. The first trillionaires are on their way. […] Their net worth expanded so quickly that Oxfam revised its estimate from last year that only one trillionaire would be crowned in the next decade.2025 January 19, Tami Luhby, “Get ready for the world’s first trillionaires”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025
(sometimes) One who is not wealthy (nor rare), because those currency units are hyperinflated.
- Countless Zimbabweans had the dubious distinction of being trillionaires in 2008.
- One popular foreign currency transaction scheme labelled 'burning money' made people instant quadrillionaires and trillionaires in Zimbabwean dollars.2013, Brian Raftopoulos, David Moore, Norma Kriger, 'Progress' in Zimbabwe?: The Past and Present of a Concept and a Country, →ISBN, page 92
(figuratively) Synonym of gazillionaire (“an incredibly rich person”).
- Who cares what that guy thinks? He may be a trillionaire, but he can’t buy good taste.
Synonyms:

gazillionaire

person whose wealth is at least one trillion currency units: بِلْيُونِير bilyūnīr, تْرِلْيُونِير trilyūnīr

person whose wealth is at least one trillion currency units: تریلیونر triliyoner, تیلیاردر tiliyârder

person whose wealth is at least one trillion currency units: nghìn tỉ phú, tỉ phú nghìn tỉ

Its forthcoming IPO also stands to make the world’s richest person even wealthier, moving him closer to becoming a trillionaire from a current net worth of $807bn, according to Forbes.2026 May 20, Nick Robins-Early, “SpaceX reveals plan for $1.75tn stock market debut that could make Musk a trillionaire”, in The Guardian...
Not long ago, the word trillionaire only appeared in The Wall Street Journal as hyperbole.2026 June 11, Ben Cohen, “You have no idea what a trillion dollars is—and we have proof”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow...
A trip to Zimbabwe might make you a trillionaire.2015, Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Kids: The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World, →ISBN, page 137:
In contrast to this extraordinary achievement is the reality that millions of his compatriots became instant Zimbabwe-dollar trillionaires at the height of the country's hyperinflation in 2008.2018, Geoffrey Nyarota, The Graceless Fall of Robert Mugabe: The End of a Dictator's Reign, Penguin Random House South Africa, →ISBN:

plural	trillionaires

From trillion + -aire.

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What does trillionaire mean?: Trillionaire means one who is therefore very wealthy, because those currency units are not hyperinflated.
What is trillionaire in Arabic?: Trillionaire in Arabic is بِلْيُونِير (bilyūnīr), تْرِلْيُونِير (trilyūnīr). See Trillionaire meaning in Arabic.
How do you use trillionaire in a sentence?: Its forthcoming IPO also stands to make the world’s richest person even wealthier, moving him closer to becoming a trillionaire from a current net worth of $807bn, according to Forbes.
What part of speech is trillionaire?: Trillionaire is a noun.
How do you pronounce trillionaire?: Trillionaire is pronounced /ˌtɹɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of trillionaire?: The plural of trillionaire is trillionaires.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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