Meaning & use
capitalist
A person who invests money in businesses to earn profit, especially within a capitalist economy.
See it in a sentence
The young capitalist reinvested his profits into two new small businesses.
Critics accused the capitalist of caring more about profit than workers.
A note on using this word
As an adjective, capitalist describes an economic system based on private ownership and profit, opposed to socialist.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Relating to an economic system based on private ownership and the pursuit of profit.
The country shifted from a planned economy to a capitalist one.
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